#A53E2A#A53E2A

#A53E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.140 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E2A
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 42)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.60, 41.36, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.60, 53.53, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% 0.1179 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.14 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6595, 11.6142, 3.5019)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E2A #2A91A5

analogous

#A52A53 #A53E2A #A57B2A

triadic

#A53E2A #2AA53E #3E2AA5

tetradic

#A53E2A #53A52A #2A91A5 #7B2AA5

square

#A53E2A #53A52A #2A91A5 #7B2AA5

split-complementary

#A53E2A #2AA57B #2A53A5

monochromatic

#431911 #742C1E #A53E2A #CE563E #DA806F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#A53E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#A53E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E2A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E2A	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.140 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77864',
    500: '#a53e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e2a;
$custom-light: #c77864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.756,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50363,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E2A

secondary

#69B3C1

accent

#C9E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E2A

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

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