#A53E35#A53E35

#A53E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.138 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E35
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 53)
HSL	hsl(5, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.74, 41.94, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.74, 50.29, 33.49°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% 0.1219 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.138 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.8841, 11.7040, 4.6848)
Luminance	0.1170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E35 #359CA5

analogous

#A53564 #A53E35 #A57635

triadic

#A53E35 #35A53E #3E35A5

tetradic

#A53E35 #64A535 #359CA5 #7635A5

square

#A53E35 #64A535 #359CA5 #7635A5

split-complementary

#A53E35 #35A576 #3564A5

monochromatic

#481B17 #772D26 #A53E35 #C75A50 #D6867F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#A53E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A53E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E35

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E35	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5273C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.138 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6786c',
    500: '#a53e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e35;
$custom-light: #c6786c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.821,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50519,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.11702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E35

secondary

#77B9BF

accent

#CFDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E35

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

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