#A53840#A53840

#A53840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.143 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53840
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.92, 45.36, 20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.92, 49.57, 23.79°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.1349 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.143 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8583, 11.2003, 6.0710)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53840 #38A59D

analogous

#A53876 #A53840 #A56638

triadic

#A53840 #40A538 #3840A5

tetradic

#A53840 #76A538 #38A59D #6638A5

square

#A53840 #76A538 #38A59D #6638A5

split-complementary

#A53840 #38A566 #3876A5

monochromatic

#4A191D #77282E #A53840 #C5555D #D58389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#A53840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A53840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53840

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53840	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5213C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.143 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67574',
    500: '#a53840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53840;
$custom-light: #c67574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.596,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49959,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53840

secondary

#7ABEB9

accent

#D9CF4F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53840

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

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