#A53E43#A53E43

#A53E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.136 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E43
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 67)
HSL	hsl(357, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 59.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 42.87, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 47.12, 24.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.1275 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.136 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2544, 11.8522, 6.6355)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E43 #3EA5A0

analogous

#A53E77 #A53E43 #A56C3E

triadic

#A53E43 #43A53E #3E43A5

tetradic

#A53E43 #77A53E #3EA5A0 #6C3EA5

square

#A53E43 #77A53E #3EA5A0 #6C3EA5

split-complementary

#A53E43 #3EA56C #3E77A5

monochromatic

#4C1D1F #792D31 #A53E43 #C25E63 #D38A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#A53E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A53E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E43

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E43	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.136 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57877',
    500: '#a53e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e43;
$custom-light: #c57877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.087,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50776,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E43

secondary

#81BEBB

accent

#D5CF53

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E43

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

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