#A53230#A53230

#A53230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.151 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53230
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 70.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.72, 46.92, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.72, 54.80, 31.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.1366 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.151 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1930, 10.4965, 3.9164)
Luminance	0.1049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53230 #30A3A5

analogous

#A53069 #A53230 #A56D30

triadic

#A53230 #30A532 #3230A5

tetradic

#A53230 #69A530 #30A3A5 #6D30A5

square

#A53230 #69A530 #30A3A5 #6D30A5

split-complementary

#A53230 #30A56D #3069A5

monochromatic

#461514 #762422 #A53230 #CA4B48 #D87978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.78

#A53230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A53230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53230

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53230	1.00	6.78	3.10	6.78
#FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F642C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.151 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77168',
    500: '#a53230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53230;
$custom-light: #c77168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.026,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48978,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53230

secondary

#71BFC0

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53230

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

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