#A53843#A53843

#A53843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.143 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53843
RGB	rgb(165, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.1%, 59.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 45.58, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 49.08, 21.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1361 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.143 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9460, 11.2353, 6.5327)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53843 #38A59A

analogous

#A53879 #A53843 #A56338

triadic

#A53843 #43A538 #3843A5

tetradic

#A53843 #79A538 #38A59A #6338A5

square

#A53843 #79A538 #38A59A #6338A5

split-complementary

#A53843 #38A563 #3879A5

monochromatic

#4A191E #772830 #A53843 #C55560 #D5838B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A53843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A53843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53843

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53843	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5213D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.143 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67577',
    500: '#a53843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53843;
$custom-light: #c67577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.945,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50022,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53843

secondary

#7ABEB8

accent

#D9CB4F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53843

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

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