#A52E21#A52E21

#A52E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.157 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52E21
RGB	rgb(165, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.96, 47.85, 36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.96, 60.00, 37.11°)
OKLab	oklab(48.35% 0.1364 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(48.35% 0.157 30)
XYZ	xyz(16.7705, 10.0657, 2.4984)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52E21 #2198A5

analogous

#A52156 #A52E21 #A57021

triadic

#A52E21 #21A52E #2E21A5

tetradic

#A52E21 #56A521 #2198A5 #7021A5

square

#A52E21 #56A521 #2198A5 #7021A5

split-complementary

#A52E21 #21A570 #2156A5

monochromatic

#3F120D #722017 #A52E21 #D53E2E #DF6D61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A52E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A52E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52E21

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52E21	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51491E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.157 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f5d',
    500: '#a52e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52e21;
$custom-light: #c86f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48352,
    "c": 0.15745,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.10063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52E21

secondary

#5EBAC4

accent

#D9EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52E21

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

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