#A53831#A53831

#A53831 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.145 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53831
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 49)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.67, 44.43, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.67, 52.98, 32.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.129 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.145 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4874, 11.0519, 4.1175)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53831 #319EA5

analogous

#A53164 #A53831 #A57231

triadic

#A53831 #31A538 #3831A5

tetradic

#A53831 #64A531 #319EA5 #7231A5

square

#A53831 #64A531 #319EA5 #7231A5

split-complementary

#A53831 #31A572 #3164A5

monochromatic

#471815 #762823 #A53831 #C9524A #D77F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A53831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A53831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53831

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53831	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.145 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77469',
    500: '#a53831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53831;
$custom-light: #c77469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.621,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49693,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53831

secondary

#72BBC0

accent

#D5DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53831

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

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