#A53238#A53238

#A53238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.150 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53238
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.84, 47.36, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.84, 52.91, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.1397 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.15 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3733, 10.5686, 4.8657)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53238 #32A59F

analogous

#A53271 #A53238 #A56632

triadic

#A53238 #38A532 #3238A5

tetradic

#A53238 #71A532 #32A59F #6632A5

square

#A53238 #71A532 #32A59F #6632A5

split-complementary

#A53238 #32A566 #3271A5

monochromatic

#471618 #762428 #A53238 #C94C52 #D77B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A53238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A53238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53238

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53238	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)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.150 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7716e',
    500: '#a53238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53238;
$custom-light: #c7716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.87,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49111,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53238

secondary

#73BFBB

accent

#DDD54B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53238

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

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