#A53E55#A53E55

#A53E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.137 H 9.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53E55
RGB	rgb(165, 62, 85)
HSL	hsl(347, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(347, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 48.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, 44.42, 8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 45.30, 11.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% 0.1348 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.137 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8808, 12.1027, 9.9344)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53E55 #3EA58E

analogous

#A53E89 #A53E55 #A55B3E

triadic

#A53E55 #55A53E #3E55A5

tetradic

#A53E55 #89A53E #3EA58E #5B3EA5

square

#A53E55 #89A53E #3EA58E #5B3EA5

split-complementary

#A53E55 #3EA55B #3E89A5

monochromatic

#4C1D27 #792D3E #A53E55 #C25E74 #D38A9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#A53E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A53E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53E55

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53E55	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B32F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 62, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.137 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47884',
    500: '#a53e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53e55;
$custom-light: #c47884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.602,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51204,
    "c": 0.13675,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53E55

secondary

#81BEB0

accent

#D5B853

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EEEF

border

#D2C9CA

text

#13090A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53E55

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

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