#A53E2D#A53E2D

#A53E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.140 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E2D
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, 41.50, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 52.60, 37.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% 0.119 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.14 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7152, 11.6365, 3.7953)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E2D #2D94A5

analogous

#A52D58 #A53E2D #A57A2D

triadic

#A53E2D #2DA53E #3E2DA5

tetradic

#A53E2D #58A52D #2D94A5 #7A2DA5

square

#A53E2D #58A52D #2D94A5 #7A2DA5

split-complementary

#A53E2D #2DA57A #2D58A5

monochromatic

#451A13 #752C20 #A53E2D #CC5743 #D98273

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A53E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A53E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E2D

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E2D	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A522B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74682A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5263B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.140 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77867',
    500: '#a53e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e2d;
$custom-light: #c77867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50402,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E2D

secondary

#6DB5C1

accent

#CBE047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E2D

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

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