#A53D42#A53D42

#A53D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.137 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53D42
RGB	rgb(165, 61, 66)
HSL	hsl(357, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 43.26, 19.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 47.62, 24.70°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.1286 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.137 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1708, 11.7326, 6.4610)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53D42 #3DA5A0

analogous

#A53D76 #A53D42 #A56C3D

triadic

#A53D42 #42A53D #3D42A5

tetradic

#A53D42 #76A53D #3DA5A0 #6C3DA5

square

#A53D42 #76A53D #3DA5A0 #6C3DA5

split-complementary

#A53D42 #3DA56C #3D76A5

monochromatic

#4C1C1E #782C30 #A53D42 #C35C61 #D3898D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#A53D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A53D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53D42

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53D42	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 61, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.137 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57776',
    500: '#a53d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53d42;
$custom-light: #c57776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.115,
    "s": 46.018,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50625,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53D42

secondary

#80BEBB

accent

#D6CF52

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53D42

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

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