#A53234#A53234

#A53234 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.151 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53234
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 52)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 68.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.78, 47.13, 25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.78, 53.81, 28.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.1381 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.151 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2793, 10.5310, 4.3710)
Luminance	0.1053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53234 #32A5A3

analogous

#A5326D #A53234 #A56A32

triadic

#A53234 #34A532 #3234A5

tetradic

#A53234 #6DA532 #32A5A3 #6A32A5

square

#A53234 #6DA532 #32A5A3 #6A32A5

split-complementary

#A53234 #32A56A #326DA5

monochromatic

#471616 #762425 #A53234 #C94C4E #D77B7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#A53234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A53234 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53234

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53234	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.151 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7716b',
    500: '#a53234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53234;
$custom-light: #c7716b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.957,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49042,
    "c": 0.15085,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53234

secondary

#73BFBE

accent

#DDDA4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53234

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

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