#A53243#A53243

#A53243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.150 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53243
RGB	rgb(165, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 59.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.05, 48.09, 16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.05, 51.00, 19.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% 0.1441 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.15 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6725, 10.6882, 6.4416)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53243 #32A594

analogous

#A5327D #A53243 #A55A32

triadic

#A53243 #43A532 #3243A5

tetradic

#A53243 #7DA532 #32A594 #5A32A5

square

#A53243 #7DA532 #32A594 #5A32A5

split-complementary

#A53243 #32A55A #327DA5

monochromatic

#47161D #762430 #A53243 #C94C5E #D77B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#A53243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A53243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53243

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53243	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.150 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67277',
    500: '#a53243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53243;
$custom-light: #c67277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.13,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49332,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53243

secondary

#73BFB4

accent

#DDC74B

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53243

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

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