#A52D42#A52D42

#A52D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.155 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52D42
RGB	rgb(165, 45, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.33, 49.96, 16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.33, 52.66, 18.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.79% 0.1499 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(48.79% 0.155 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4405, 10.2719, 6.2175)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52D42 #2DA590

analogous

#A52D7E #A52D42 #A5542D

triadic

#A52D42 #42A52D #2D42A5

tetradic

#A52D42 #7EA52D #2DA590 #542DA5

square

#A52D42 #7EA52D #2DA590 #542DA5

split-complementary

#A52D42 #2DA554 #2D7EA5

monochromatic

#45131C #75202F #A52D42 #CC435B #D97385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A52D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A52D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52D42

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52D42	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 45, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.155 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f76',
    500: '#a52d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52d42;
$custom-light: #c66f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48787,
    "c": 0.15538,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52D42

secondary

#6DC1B2

accent

#E0C647

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52D42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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