#A52E2E#A52E2E

#A52E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.155 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52E2E
RGB	rgb(165, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 48.39, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 56.33, 30.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.1408 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.156 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9891, 10.1531, 3.6494)
Luminance	0.1015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52E2E #2EA5A5

analogous

#A52E6A #A52E2E #A56A2E

triadic

#A52E2E #2EA52E #2E2EA5

tetradic

#A52E2E #6AA52E #2EA5A5 #6A2EA5

square

#A52E2E #6AA52E #2EA5A5 #6A2EA5

split-complementary

#A52E2E #2EA56A #2E6AA5

monochromatic

#451313 #752121 #A52E2E #CB4545 #D87575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#A52E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A52E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52E2E

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52E2E	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50492D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E632A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.155 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f67',
    500: '#a52e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52e2e;
$custom-light: #c76f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48518,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52E2E

secondary

#6FC0C0

accent

#E0E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52E2E

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

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