#A53240#A53240

#A53240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.150 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53240
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 47.88, 18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 51.43, 21.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.1429 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.15 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5848, 10.6532, 5.9798)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53240 #32A597

analogous

#A53279 #A53240 #A55E32

triadic

#A53240 #40A532 #3240A5

tetradic

#A53240 #79A532 #32A597 #5E32A5

square

#A53240 #79A532 #32A597 #5E32A5

split-complementary

#A53240 #32A55E #3279A5

monochromatic

#47161C #76242E #A53240 #C94C5B #D77B86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A53240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A53240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53240

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53240	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.150 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67274',
    500: '#a53240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53240;
$custom-light: #c67274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.696,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49268,
    "c": 0.15004,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53240

secondary

#73BFB6

accent

#DDCB4B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53240

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

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