#a52400

Color #a52400

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Dark Red #8b0000 · ΔE 11.75 Nearest Tailwind class orange-800 #9f2d00 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a52400

RGB

rgb(165, 36, 0)

HSL

hsl(13.1, 100%, 32.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(13.1, 100%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 100%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(36.49, 50.7, 49.5)

LCH

lch(36.49, 70.86, 44.31)

OKLCH

oklch(47.2%, 0.1695, 34.06)

HWB

hwb(13.1, 0%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0081a5

Analogous

#a5002f

#a52400

#a57700

Triadic

#a52400

#00a524

#2400a5

Split-complementary

#a52400

#00a577

#002fa5

Tetradic

#a52400

#81a500

#0081a5

#2400a5

Square

#a52400

#2fa500

#0081a5

#7700a5

Shades

Color #a52400 mixed toward black.

#8a1e00

#6e1800

#531200

#370c00

#1c0600

Tints

Color #a52400 mixed toward white.

#df3100

#ff4b19

#ff7853

#ffa58c

#ffd2c6

Tones

Color #a52400 mixed toward gray.

#972c0e

#8a341c

#7c3b29

#6e4337

#604b45

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.85:1

White text reads better on this background (7.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#81810e · ΔE 42.7

Deuteranopia

#878e10 · ΔE 47.1

Tritanopia

#a11517 · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#565656 · ΔE 27.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a52400;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a52400]

Related colors

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Tomato #ff6347

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Sienna #a0522d

Frequently asked questions

#a52400 (#a52400) is rgb(165, 36, 0) in RGB.

No, #a52400 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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