#A52E27#A52E27

#A52E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.156 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52E27
RGB	rgb(165, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 48.08, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 58.24, 34.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.42% 0.1383 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(48.42% 0.156 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8622, 10.1024, 2.9811)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52E27 #279EA5

analogous

#A5275F #A52E27 #A56D27

triadic

#A52E27 #27A52E #2E27A5

tetradic

#A52E27 #5FA527 #279EA5 #6D27A5

square

#A52E27 #5FA527 #279EA5 #6D27A5

split-complementary

#A52E27 #27A56D #275FA5

monochromatic

#421210 #74201B #A52E27 #D04139 #DC716A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A52E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A52E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52E27

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52E27	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.156 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f62',
    500: '#a52e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52e27;
$custom-light: #c86f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48422,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52E27

secondary

#66BDC2

accent

#DCE543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52E27

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

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