#A52E25#A52E25

#A52E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.157 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52E25
RGB	rgb(165, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 48.00, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 58.82, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% 0.1376 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.157 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8299, 10.0895, 2.8112)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52E25 #259CA5

analogous

#A5255C #A52E25 #A56E25

triadic

#A52E25 #25A52E #2E25A5

tetradic

#A52E25 #5CA525 #259CA5 #6E25A5

square

#A52E25 #5CA525 #259CA5 #6E25A5

split-complementary

#A52E25 #25A56E #255CA5

monochromatic

#41120F #73201A #A52E25 #D24035 #DD7067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A52E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A52E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52E25

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52E25	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.157 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f60',
    500: '#a52e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52e25;
$custom-light: #c86f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.219,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48397,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52E25

secondary

#63BCC3

accent

#DBE641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52E25

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

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