#A53E32#A53E32

#A53E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.139 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E32
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 50)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 69.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 41.77, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 51.12, 35.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.1208 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.139 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8172, 11.6773, 4.3327)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E32 #3299A5

analogous

#A53260 #A53E32 #A57832

triadic

#A53E32 #32A53E #3E32A5

tetradic

#A53E32 #60A532 #3299A5 #7832A5

square

#A53E32 #60A532 #3299A5 #7832A5

split-complementary

#A53E32 #32A578 #3260A5

monochromatic

#471B16 #762C24 #A53E32 #C9594C #D7847B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#A53E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A53E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E32

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E32	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5273C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.139 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6786a',
    500: '#a53e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e32;
$custom-light: #c6786a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.261,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50473,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E32

secondary

#73B8BF

accent

#CEDD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E32

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

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