#A53A42#A53A42

#A53A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.141 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53A42
RGB	rgb(165, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 44.62, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 48.59, 23.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1329 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.141 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0152, 11.4212, 6.4091)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53A42 #3AA59D

analogous

#A53A77 #A53A42 #A5673A

triadic

#A53A42 #42A53A #3A42A5

tetradic

#A53A42 #77A53A #3AA59D #673AA5

square

#A53A42 #77A53A #3AA59D #673AA5

split-complementary

#A53A42 #3AA567 #3A77A5

monochromatic

#4A1A1E #782A30 #A53A42 #C45860 #D4858B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#A53A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A53A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53A42

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53A42	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5243E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.141 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67676',
    500: '#a53a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53a42;
$custom-light: #c67676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.514,
    "s": 47.982,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50245,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53A42

secondary

#7DBEB9

accent

#D8CD50

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53A42

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

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