#A52E22#A52E22

#A52E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.157 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52E22
RGB	rgb(165, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.97, 47.89, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.97, 59.71, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1367 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.157 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7847, 10.0714, 2.5732)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52E22 #2299A5

analogous

#A52258 #A52E22 #A57022

triadic

#A52E22 #22A52E #2E22A5

tetradic

#A52E22 #58A522 #2299A5 #7022A5

square

#A52E22 #58A522 #2299A5 #7022A5

split-complementary

#A52E22 #22A570 #2258A5

monochromatic

#40120D #722018 #A52E22 #D43F30 #DF6E63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A52E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A52E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52E22

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52E22	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)

#51491F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.157 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f5e',
    500: '#a52e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52e22;
$custom-light: #c86f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.496,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48363,
    "c": 0.15728,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52E22

secondary

#5FBBC4

accent

#D9E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52E22

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

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