#A53543#A53543

#A53543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.147 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53543
RGB	rgb(165, 53, 67)
HSL	hsl(353, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 59.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 46.86, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 50.05, 20.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% 0.1402 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.147 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8050, 10.9532, 6.4857)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53543 #35A597

analogous

#A5357B #A53543 #A55F35

triadic

#A53543 #43A535 #3543A5

tetradic

#A53543 #7BA535 #35A597 #5F35A5

square

#A53543 #7BA535 #35A597 #5F35A5

split-complementary

#A53543 #35A55F #357BA5

monochromatic

#48171D #772630 #A53543 #C7505F #D67F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#A53543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A53543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53543

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53543	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 53, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.147 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67377',
    500: '#a53543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53543;
$custom-light: #c67377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49669,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53543

secondary

#77BFB6

accent

#DBC94D

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53543

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

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