#A53E1C#A53E1C

#A53E1C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.144 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E1C
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 28)
HSL	hsl(15, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(15, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 83%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, 40.82, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 58.02, 45.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% 0.1136 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.144 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4512, 11.5309, 2.4051)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E1C #1C83A5

analogous

#A51C3E #A53E1C #A5831C

triadic

#A53E1C #1CA53E #3E1CA5

tetradic

#A53E1C #3EA51C #1C83A5 #831CA5

square

#A53E1C #3EA51C #1C83A5 #831CA5

split-complementary

#A53E1C #1CA583 #1C3EA5

monochromatic

#3C170A #712A13 #A53E1C #D95225 #E37B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A53E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A53E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E1C

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E1C	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B62337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.144 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8775b',
    500: '#a53e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e1c;
$custom-light: #c8775b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.891,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50217,
    "c": 0.14378,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E1C

secondary

#56ABC6

accent

#C1EE3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E1C

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

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