#A53536#A53536

#A53536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.148 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53536
RGB	rgb(165, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, 46.00, 25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 52.52, 28.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% 0.1349 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.148 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4578, 10.8144, 4.6574)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53536 #35A5A4

analogous

#A5356E #A53536 #A56C35

triadic

#A53536 #36A535 #3536A5

tetradic

#A53536 #6EA535 #35A5A4 #6C35A5

square

#A53536 #6EA535 #35A5A4 #6C35A5

split-complementary

#A53536 #35A56C #356EA5

monochromatic

#481718 #772627 #A53536 #C75051 #D67F7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#A53536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A53536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53536

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53536	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51837

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.148 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7736d',
    500: '#a53536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53536;
$custom-light: #c7736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.464,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49416,
    "c": 0.14752,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53536

secondary

#77BFBE

accent

#DBDA4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53536

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

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