#A53E45#A53E45

#A53E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.136 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E45
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 58.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 43.03, 18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 46.78, 23.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.82% 0.1283 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(50.82% 0.136 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3155, 11.8766, 6.9570)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E45 #3EA59E

analogous

#A53E79 #A53E45 #A56A3E

triadic

#A53E45 #45A53E #3E45A5

tetradic

#A53E45 #79A53E #3EA59E #6A3EA5

square

#A53E45 #79A53E #3EA59E #6A3EA5

split-complementary

#A53E45 #3EA56A #3E79A5

monochromatic

#4C1D20 #792D32 #A53E45 #C25E65 #D38A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#A53E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A53E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E45

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E45	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.136 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57878',
    500: '#a53e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e45;
$custom-light: #c57878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.922,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50818,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E45

secondary

#81BEBA

accent

#D5CC53

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E45

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

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