#A53742#A53742

#A53742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.144 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53742
RGB	rgb(165, 55, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.79, 45.94, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.79, 49.56, 22.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% 0.1371 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.144 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8683, 11.1275, 6.3601)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53742 #37A59A

analogous

#A53779 #A53742 #A56337

triadic

#A53742 #42A537 #3742A5

tetradic

#A53742 #79A537 #37A59A #6337A5

square

#A53742 #79A537 #37A59A #6337A5

split-complementary

#A53742 #37A563 #3779A5

monochromatic

#49181D #772830 #A53742 #C6535F #D5818A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A53742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A53742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53742

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53742	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)

#534F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5203C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 55, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.144 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67476',
    500: '#a53742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53742;
$custom-light: #c67476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49881,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53742

secondary

#79BFB8

accent

#DACC4E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53742

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

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