#A53242#A53242

#A53242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.150 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53242
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.03, 48.02, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.03, 51.14, 20.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.1437 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.15 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6427, 10.6763, 6.2849)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53242 #32A595

analogous

#A5327C #A53242 #A55C32

triadic

#A53242 #42A532 #3242A5

tetradic

#A53242 #7CA532 #32A595 #5C32A5

square

#A53242 #7CA532 #32A595 #5C32A5

split-complementary

#A53242 #32A55C #327CA5

monochromatic

#47161C #76242F #A53242 #C94C5D #D77B87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#A53242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A53242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53242

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53242	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.150 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67276',
    500: '#a53242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53242;
$custom-light: #c67276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.652,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4931,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53242

secondary

#73BFB5

accent

#DDC94B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53242

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

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