#A53523#A53523

#A53523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.151 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53523
RGB	rgb(165, 53, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.02, 45.09, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.02, 57.82, 38.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.15% 0.1281 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(49.15% 0.151 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0955, 10.6694, 2.7490)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53523 #2393A5

analogous

#A52352 #A53523 #A57623

triadic

#A53523 #23A535 #3523A5

tetradic

#A53523 #52A523 #2393A5 #7623A5

square

#A53523 #52A523 #2393A5 #7623A5

split-complementary

#A53523 #23A576 #2352A5

monochromatic

#40150E #732518 #A53523 #D34832 #DE7564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#A53523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A53523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53523

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53523	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)

#554C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B61232

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 53, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.151 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8735f',
    500: '#a53523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53523;
$custom-light: #c8735f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49151,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53523

secondary

#60B6C4

accent

#D1E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53523

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

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