#A53D21#A53D21

#A53D21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.144 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53D21
RGB	rgb(165, 61, 33)
HSL	hsl(13, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 41.46, 38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 56.63, 42.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.1165 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.144 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4622, 11.4491, 2.7289)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53D21 #2189A5

analogous

#A52147 #A53D21 #A57F21

triadic

#A53D21 #21A53D #3D21A5

tetradic

#A53D21 #47A521 #2189A5 #7F21A5

square

#A53D21 #47A521 #2189A5 #7F21A5

split-complementary

#A53D21 #21A57F #2147A5

monochromatic

#3F170D #722A17 #A53D21 #D5512E #DF7C61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A53D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A53D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53D21

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53D21	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A511D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B62237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 61, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.144 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8775e',
    500: '#a53d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53d21;
$custom-light: #c8775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5013,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53D21

secondary

#5EAEC4

accent

#C5EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53D21

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

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