#A53E41#A53E41

#A53E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.136 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E41
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 60.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 42.73, 20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 47.48, 25.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.1267 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.136 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1955, 11.8286, 6.3250)
Luminance	0.1183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E41 #3EA5A2

analogous

#A53E75 #A53E41 #A56E3E

triadic

#A53E41 #41A53E #3E41A5

tetradic

#A53E41 #75A53E #3EA5A2 #6E3EA5

square

#A53E41 #75A53E #3EA5A2 #6E3EA5

split-complementary

#A53E41 #3EA56E #3E75A5

monochromatic

#4C1D1E #792D2F #A53E41 #C25E61 #D38A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#A53E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A53E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E41

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E41	1.00	6.24	3.37	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.136 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57875',
    500: '#a53e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e41;
$custom-light: #c57875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.252,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50735,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E41

secondary

#81BEBC

accent

#D5D153

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E41

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

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