#A53235#A53235

#A53235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.151 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53235
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 53)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.79, 47.19, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.79, 53.58, 28.27°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% 0.1385 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.151 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3021, 10.5401, 4.4908)
Luminance	0.1054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53235 #32A5A2

analogous

#A5326E #A53235 #A56932

triadic

#A53235 #35A532 #3235A5

tetradic

#A53235 #6EA532 #32A5A2 #6932A5

square

#A53235 #6EA532 #32A5A2 #6932A5

split-complementary

#A53235 #32A569 #326EA5

monochromatic

#471617 #762426 #A53235 #C94C4F #D77B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#A53235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A53235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53235

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53235	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)

#524C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.151 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7716c',
    500: '#a53235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53235;
$custom-light: #c7716c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.435,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49059,
    "c": 0.15074,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53235

secondary

#73BFBD

accent

#DDD94B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53235

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

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