#A52E1E#A52E1E

#A52E1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.158 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52E1E
RGB	rgb(165, 46, 30)
HSL	hsl(7, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 81.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.93, 47.75, 37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.93, 60.91, 38.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1354 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.158 31)
XYZ	xyz(16.7304, 10.0496, 2.2869)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52E1E #1E95A5

analogous

#A51E51 #A52E1E #A5711E

triadic

#A52E1E #1EA52E #2E1EA5

tetradic

#A52E1E #51A51E #1E95A5 #711EA5

square

#A52E1E #51A51E #1E95A5 #711EA5

split-complementary

#A52E1E #1EA571 #1E51A5

monochromatic

#3D110B #712015 #A52E1E #D83D28 #E16C5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A52E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A52E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52E1E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52E1E	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 46, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.158 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f5b',
    500: '#a52e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52e1e;
$custom-light: #c86f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.111,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48321,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.10047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52E1E

secondary

#59B9C5

accent

#D7EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52E1E

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

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