#A53B42#A53B42

#A53B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.140 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53B42
RGB	rgb(165, 59, 66)
HSL	hsl(356, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 44.17, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 48.27, 23.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.1315 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.14 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0661, 11.5230, 6.4260)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53B42 #3BA59E

analogous

#A53B77 #A53B42 #A5693B

triadic

#A53B42 #42A53B #3B42A5

tetradic

#A53B42 #77A53B #3BA59E #693BA5

square

#A53B42 #77A53B #3BA59E #693BA5

split-complementary

#A53B42 #3BA569 #3B77A5

monochromatic

#4B1B1E #782B30 #A53B42 #C45960 #D4868C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#A53B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A53B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53B42

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53B42	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5263E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 59, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.140 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67676',
    500: '#a53b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53b42;
$custom-light: #c67676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.038,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5037,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53B42

secondary

#7EBEBA

accent

#D7CE51

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53B42

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

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