#A53C23#A53C23

#A53C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.144 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53C23
RGB	rgb(165, 60, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 41.99, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 56.22, 41.67°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1185 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.144 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4382, 11.3549, 2.8633)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53C23 #238CA5

analogous

#A5234B #A53C23 #A57D23

triadic

#A53C23 #23A53C #3C23A5

tetradic

#A53C23 #4BA523 #238CA5 #7D23A5

square

#A53C23 #4BA523 #238CA5 #7D23A5

split-complementary

#A53C23 #23A57D #234BA5

monochromatic

#40170E #732A18 #A53C23 #D35132 #DE7C64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A53C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A53C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53C23

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53C23	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B62137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 60, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.144 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77660',
    500: '#a53c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53c23;
$custom-light: #c77660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50019,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53C23

secondary

#60B0C4

accent

#C8E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53C23

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

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