#A53B2E#A53B2E

#A53B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.143 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53B2E
RGB	rgb(165, 59, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.13, 42.94, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.13, 53.05, 35.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1237 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.143 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5760, 11.3270, 3.8451)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53B2E #2E98A5

analogous

#A52E5D #A53B2E #A5772E

triadic

#A53B2E #2EA53B #3B2EA5

tetradic

#A53B2E #5DA52E #2E98A5 #772EA5

square

#A53B2E #5DA52E #2E98A5 #772EA5

split-complementary

#A53B2E #2EA577 #2E5DA5

monochromatic

#451913 #752A21 #A53B2E #CB5445 #D88075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#A53B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A53B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53B2E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53B2E	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 59, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.143 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77667',
    500: '#a53b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53b2e;
$custom-light: #c77667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.555,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50024,
    "c": 0.14262,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53B2E

secondary

#6FB7C0

accent

#CFE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53B2E

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

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