#A52E2B#A52E2B

#A52E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.156 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52E2B
RGB	rgb(165, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.08, 48.25, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.08, 57.12, 32.36°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1397 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.156 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9320, 10.1303, 3.3488)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52E2B #2BA2A5

analogous

#A52B65 #A52E2B #A56B2B

triadic

#A52E2B #2BA52E #2E2BA5

tetradic

#A52E2B #65A52B #2BA2A5 #6B2BA5

square

#A52E2B #65A52B #2BA2A5 #6B2BA5

split-complementary

#A52E2B #2BA56B #2B65A5

monochromatic

#441312 #74201E #A52E2B #CD4340 #DA7371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A52E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A52E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52E2B

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52E2B	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.156 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f64',
    500: '#a52e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52e2b;
$custom-light: #c86f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.475,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48475,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52E2B

secondary

#6BBFC1

accent

#DEE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52E2B

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