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#a52a2a

Brown Color

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A broad family of dark, desaturated orange hues named after the color of wood, soil, and bark.

Nearest Tailwind class red-800 #9f0712 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#a52a2a

RGB

rgb(165, 42, 42)

HSL

hsl(0, 59.4%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 74.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 74.5%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(37.53, 49.69, 30.54)

LCH

lch(37.53, 58.32, 31.58)

OKLCH

oklch(48.1%, 0.1596, 25.57)

HWB

hwb(0, 16.5%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2aa5a5

Analogous

#a52a68

#a52a2a

#a5682a

Triadic

#a52a2a

#2aa52a

#2a2aa5

Split-complementary

#a52a2a

#2aa568

#2a68a5

Tetradic

#a52a2a

#a5a52a

#2aa5a5

#2a2aa5

Square

#a52a2a

#68a52a

#2aa5a5

#682aa5

Shades

Brown Color mixed toward black.

#8a2323

#6e1c1c

#531515

#370e0e

#1c0707

Tints

Brown Color mixed toward white.

#cc3636

#d65e5e

#e08686

#ebafaf

#f5d7d7

Tones

Brown Color mixed toward gray.

#9b3434

#913f3f

#864949

#7c5353

#725d5d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.96:1

White text reads better on this background (7.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#82812a · ΔE 44.4

Deuteranopia

#878e2a · ΔE 49.5

Tritanopia

#a12a2a · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#585858 · ΔE 25.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a52a2a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a52a2a]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Dim Gray #696969

Frequently asked questions

Brown (#a52a2a) is rgb(165, 42, 42) in RGB.

No, #a52a2a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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