#A53236#A53236

#A53236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.151 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53236
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.81, 47.24, 24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.81, 53.35, 27.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.08% 0.1389 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(49.08% 0.151 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3253, 10.5494, 4.6133)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53236 #32A5A1

analogous

#A53270 #A53236 #A56832

triadic

#A53236 #36A532 #3236A5

tetradic

#A53236 #70A532 #32A5A1 #6832A5

square

#A53236 #70A532 #32A5A1 #6832A5

split-complementary

#A53236 #32A568 #3270A5

monochromatic

#471617 #762427 #A53236 #C94C50 #D77B7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A53236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A53236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53236

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53236	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.151 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7716d',
    500: '#a53236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53236;
$custom-light: #c7716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.913,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49076,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53236

secondary

#73BFBD

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53236

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

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