#A53638#A53638

#A53638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.146 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53638
RGB	rgb(165, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.45, 45.70, 24.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.45, 51.78, 28.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.57% 0.1344 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(49.57% 0.146 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5518, 10.9257, 4.9252)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53638 #36A5A3

analogous

#A5366F #A53638 #A56B36

triadic

#A53638 #38A536 #3638A5

tetradic

#A53638 #6FA536 #36A5A3 #6B36A5

square

#A53638 #6FA536 #36A5A3 #6B36A5

split-complementary

#A53638 #36A56B #366FA5

monochromatic

#491819 #772728 #A53638 #C65254 #D58082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A53638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A53638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53638

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53638	1.00	6.59	3.18	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.146 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6736e',
    500: '#a53638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53638;
$custom-light: #c6736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.919,
    "s": 50.685,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49568,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53638

secondary

#78BFBD

accent

#DAD84E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53638

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

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