#A53E2B#A53E2B

#A53E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.140 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E2B
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.61, 41.41, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.61, 53.21, 38.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1183 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.14 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6776, 11.6215, 3.5973)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E2B #2B92A5

analogous

#A52B55 #A53E2B #A57B2B

triadic

#A53E2B #2BA53E #3E2BA5

tetradic

#A53E2B #55A52B #2B92A5 #7B2BA5

square

#A53E2B #55A52B #2B92A5 #7B2BA5

split-complementary

#A53E2B #2BA57B #2B55A5

monochromatic

#441A12 #742C1E #A53E2B #CD5640 #DA8171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#A53E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#A53E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E2B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E2B	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)

#5A5228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.140 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77865',
    500: '#a53e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e2b;
$custom-light: #c77865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.344,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50376,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E2B

secondary

#6BB4C1

accent

#CAE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E2B

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

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