#A53239#A53239

#A53239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.150 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53239
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 65.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 47.42, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 52.70, 25.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.1401 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.15 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3980, 10.5784, 4.9958)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53239 #32A59E

analogous

#A53272 #A53239 #A56532

triadic

#A53239 #39A532 #3239A5

tetradic

#A53239 #72A532 #32A59E #6532A5

square

#A53239 #72A532 #32A59E #6532A5

split-complementary

#A53239 #32A565 #3272A5

monochromatic

#471619 #762429 #A53239 #C94C53 #D77B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A53239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A53239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53239

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53239	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.150 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7716f',
    500: '#a53239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53239;
$custom-light: #c7716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.348,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4913,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53239

secondary

#73BFBB

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53239

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

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