#A53D23#A53D23

#A53D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.143 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53D23
RGB	rgb(165, 61, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 41.53, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 55.99, 42.12°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% 0.1171 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.143 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4911, 11.4606, 2.8809)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53D23 #238BA5

analogous

#A5234A #A53D23 #A57E23

triadic

#A53D23 #23A53D #3D23A5

tetradic

#A53D23 #4AA523 #238BA5 #7E23A5

square

#A53D23 #4AA523 #238BA5 #7E23A5

split-complementary

#A53D23 #23A57E #234AA5

monochromatic

#40180E #732A18 #A53D23 #D35232 #DE7D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A53D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A53D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53D23

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53D23	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)

#5A511F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B62338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 61, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.143 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77760',
    500: '#a53d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53d23;
$custom-light: #c77760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5015,
    "c": 0.1431,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53D23

secondary

#60B0C4

accent

#C6E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53D23

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

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