#A53231#A53231

#A53231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.151 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53231
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.73, 46.97, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.73, 54.55, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% 0.1369 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.151 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2139, 10.5048, 4.0263)
Luminance	0.1050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53231 #31A4A5

analogous

#A5316A #A53231 #A56C31

triadic

#A53231 #31A532 #3231A5

tetradic

#A53231 #6AA531 #31A4A5 #6C31A5

square

#A53231 #6AA531 #31A4A5 #6C31A5

split-complementary

#A53231 #31A56C #316AA5

monochromatic

#471515 #762423 #A53231 #C94B4A #D77A79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#A53231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A53231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53231

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53231	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F642D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.151 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77169',
    500: '#a53231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53231;
$custom-light: #c77169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.517,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48993,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53231

secondary

#72BFC0

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53231

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

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