#A52F42#A52F42

#A52F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.153 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52F42
RGB	rgb(165, 47, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.5%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.60, 49.20, 17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.60, 52.06, 19.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% 0.1475 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.153 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5186, 10.4282, 6.2436)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52F42 #2FA592

analogous

#A52F7D #A52F42 #A5572F

triadic

#A52F42 #42A52F #2F42A5

tetradic

#A52F42 #7DA52F #2FA592 #572FA5

square

#A52F42 #7DA52F #2FA592 #572FA5

split-complementary

#A52F42 #2FA557 #2F7DA5

monochromatic

#46141C #75212F #A52F42 #CB475C #D87686

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A52F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A52F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52F42

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52F42	1.00	6.81	3.09	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C643F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 47, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.153 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67076',
    500: '#a52f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52f42;
$custom-light: #c67076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.339,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4899,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52F42

secondary

#70C0B3

accent

#DFC749

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52F42

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

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