#A53540#A53540

#A53540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.147 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53540
RGB	rgb(165, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 46.65, 19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 50.51, 22.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% 0.139 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.147 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7173, 10.9181, 6.0240)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53540 #35A59A

analogous

#A53578 #A53540 #A56235

triadic

#A53540 #40A535 #3540A5

tetradic

#A53540 #78A535 #35A59A #6235A5

square

#A53540 #78A535 #35A59A #6235A5

split-complementary

#A53540 #35A562 #3578A5

monochromatic

#48171C #77262E #A53540 #C7505C #D67F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#A53540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A53540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53540

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53540	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E663D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.147 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67374',
    500: '#a53540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53540;
$custom-light: #c67374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.107,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49605,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53540

secondary

#77BFB8

accent

#DBCD4D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53540

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

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