#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
RGBrgb(165, 61, 35)
HSLhsl(12, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(12, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(40.35, 41.53, 37.55)
CIE-LCHlch(40.35, 55.99, 42.12°)
OKLaboklab(50.15% 0.1171 0.0823)
OKLCHoklch(50.15% 0.143 35.1)
XYZxyz(17.4911, 11.4606, 2.8809)
Luminance0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##A53D231.006.383.296.38
#FFFFFF6.381.0021.001.00
#0000003.2921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.381.0021.001.00

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

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#A53D23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva