#A53E4E#A53E4E

#A53E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.136 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E4E
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 78)
HSL	hsl(351, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(351, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.21, 43.77, 13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.21, 45.67, 16.57°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.132 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.136 14)
XYZ	xyz(18.6164, 11.9970, 8.5416)
Luminance	0.1200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E4E #3EA595

analogous

#A53E81 #A53E4E #A5623E

triadic

#A53E4E #4EA53E #3E4EA5

tetradic

#A53E4E #81A53E #3EA595 #623EA5

square

#A53E4E #81A53E #3EA595 #623EA5

split-complementary

#A53E4E #3EA562 #3E81A5

monochromatic

#4C1D24 #792D39 #A53E4E #C25E6D #D38A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#A53E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A53E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E4E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E4E	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56544E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70694C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.136 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5787f',
    500: '#a53e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e4e;
$custom-light: #c5787f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.68,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51024,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.11995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E4E

secondary

#81BEB4

accent

#D5C153

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#14090A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E4E

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

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