#A53037#A53037

#A53037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.153 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53037
RGB	rgb(165, 48, 55)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 48.10, 23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 53.68, 26.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.88% 0.1418 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(48.88% 0.153 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2654, 10.3916, 4.7103)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53037 #30A59E

analogous

#A53072 #A53037 #A56430

triadic

#A53037 #37A530 #3037A5

tetradic

#A53037 #72A530 #30A59E #6430A5

square

#A53037 #72A530 #30A59E #6430A5

split-complementary

#A53037 #30A564 #3072A5

monochromatic

#461417 #762227 #A53037 #CA4850 #D8787D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A53037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A53037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53037

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53037	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50C34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 48, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.153 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7706d',
    500: '#a53037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53037;
$custom-light: #c7706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.41,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48876,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53037

secondary

#71C0BB

accent

#DED54A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53037

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

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