#A53438#A53438

#A53438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.148 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53438
RGB	rgb(165, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.14, 46.54, 23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.14, 52.35, 27.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% 0.1371 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.148 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4606, 10.7433, 4.8949)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53438 #34A5A1

analogous

#A53471 #A53438 #A56834

triadic

#A53438 #38A534 #3438A5

tetradic

#A53438 #71A534 #34A5A1 #6834A5

square

#A53438 #71A534 #34A5A1 #6834A5

split-complementary

#A53438 #34A568 #3471A5

monochromatic

#481718 #762528 #A53438 #C74F53 #D67D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#A53438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A53438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53438

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53438	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.148 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6726e',
    500: '#a53438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53438;
$custom-light: #c6726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.876,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49336,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53438

secondary

#76BFBC

accent

#DCD64C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53438

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

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