#A53B23#A53B23

#A53B23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.145 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53B23
RGB	rgb(165, 59, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 42.45, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 56.44, 41.23°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% 0.1199 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.145 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3863, 11.2511, 2.8460)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53B23 #238DA5

analogous

#A5234C #A53B23 #A57C23

triadic

#A53B23 #23A53B #3B23A5

tetradic

#A53B23 #4CA523 #238DA5 #7C23A5

square

#A53B23 #4CA523 #238DA5 #7C23A5

split-complementary

#A53B23 #23A57C #234CA5

monochromatic

#40170E #732918 #A53B23 #D35032 #DE7B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A53B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A53B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53B23

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53B23	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B61F36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 59, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.145 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8765f',
    500: '#a53b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53b23;
$custom-light: #c8765f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.077,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4989,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53B23

secondary

#60B1C4

accent

#C9E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53B23

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

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