#A53E49#A53E49

#A53E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.136 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E49
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 43.35, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 46.20, 20.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.13 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.136 17)
XYZ	xyz(18.4439, 11.9280, 7.6331)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E49 #3EA59A

analogous

#A53E7D #A53E49 #A5673E

triadic

#A53E49 #49A53E #3E49A5

tetradic

#A53E49 #7DA53E #3EA59A #673EA5

square

#A53E49 #7DA53E #3EA59A #673EA5

split-complementary

#A53E49 #3EA567 #3E7DA5

monochromatic

#4C1D22 #792D35 #A53E49 #C25E69 #D38A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#A53E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A53E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E49

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E49	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.136 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5787b',
    500: '#a53e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e49;
$custom-light: #c5787b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.592,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50906,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.11926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E49

secondary

#81BEB7

accent

#D5C753

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E49

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →