#A53525#A53525

#A53525 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.150 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53525
RGB	rgb(165, 53, 37)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 45.17, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 57.20, 37.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.1288 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.15 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1260, 10.6816, 2.9099)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53525 #2595A5

analogous

#A52555 #A53525 #A57525

triadic

#A53525 #25A535 #3525A5

tetradic

#A53525 #55A525 #2595A5 #7525A5

square

#A53525 #55A525 #2595A5 #7525A5

split-complementary

#A53525 #25A575 #2555A5

monochromatic

#41150F #73251A #A53525 #D24935 #DD7667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#A53525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A53525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53525

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53525	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B61332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 53, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.150 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87361',
    500: '#a53525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53525;
$custom-light: #c87361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49173,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53525

secondary

#63B7C3

accent

#D2E641

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53525

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

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