#A5452A#A5452A

#A5452A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.134 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5452A
RGB	rgb(165, 69, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 37.98, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 51.91, 42.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1074 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.134 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0649, 12.4251, 3.6371)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5452A #2A8AA5

analogous

#A52A4C #A5452A #A5822A

triadic

#A5452A #2AA545 #452AA5

tetradic

#A5452A #4CA52A #2A8AA5 #822AA5

square

#A5452A #4CA52A #2A8AA5 #822AA5

split-complementary

#A5452A #2AA582 #2A4CA5

monochromatic

#431C11 #74311E #A5452A #CE5E3E #DA876F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A5452A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A5452A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5452A

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5452A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5452A	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5303F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5452a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 69, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.134 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77c65',
    500: '#a5452a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5452a;
$custom-light: #c77c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5452a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.171,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51336,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5452A

secondary

#69AEC1

accent

#C0E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5452A

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

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