#A53551#A53551

#A53551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.148 H 9.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53551
RGB	rgb(165, 53, 81)
HSL	hsl(345, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(345, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 50.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.82, 48.00, 9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.82, 48.88, 10.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.1458 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.148 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2769, 11.1420, 8.9712)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53551 #35A589

analogous

#A53589 #A53551 #A55135

triadic

#A53551 #51A535 #3551A5

tetradic

#A53551 #89A535 #35A589 #5135A5

square

#A53551 #89A535 #35A589 #5135A5

split-complementary

#A53551 #35A551 #3589A5

monochromatic

#481724 #77263A #A53551 #C7506E #D67F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A53551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A53551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53551

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53551	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C664E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 53, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.148 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57481',
    500: '#a53551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53551;
$custom-light: #c57481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50008,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53551

secondary

#77BFAD

accent

#DBB74D

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDEE

border

#D2C8C9

text

#14090A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53551

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

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