#A53938#A53938

#A53938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.143 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A53938
RGBrgb(165, 57, 56)
HSLhsl(1, 49%, 43%)
HSVhsv(1, 66%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.5%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(39.94, 44.39, 24.95)
CIE-LCHlch(39.94, 50.93, 29.34°)
OKLaboklab(49.93% 0.1303 0.059)
OKLCHoklch(49.93% 0.143 24.4)
XYZxyz(17.6958, 11.2136, 4.9732)
Luminance0.1121 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A53938 #38A4A5
analogous
#A5386D #A53938 #A56F38
triadic
#A53938 #38A539 #3938A5
tetradic
#A53938 #6DA538 #38A4A5 #6F38A5
square
#A53938 #6DA538 #38A4A5 #6F38A5
split-complementary
#A53938 #38A56F #386DA5
monochromatic
#4A1919 #772928 #A53938 #C55655 #D58383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48
#A53938 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24
#A53938 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53938
6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A53938#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A539381.006.483.246.48
#FFFFFF6.481.0021.001.00
#0000003.2421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.481.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#564F37
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#716735
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5203A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a53938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.143 24.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6756e',
    500: '#a53938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a53938;
$custom-light: #c6756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a53938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.55,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4993,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A53938
secondary
#7ABEBE
accent
#D8D94F
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FAEDEC
border
#D3C8C7
text
#140907
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

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#A53938 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva