#A53F23#A53F23

#A53F23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.141 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A53F23
RGB	rgb(165, 63, 35)
HSL	hsl(13, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 40.59, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 55.54, 43.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% 0.1142 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.141 36)
XYZ	xyz(17.5998, 11.6782, 2.9171)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A53F23 #2389A5

analogous

#A52348 #A53F23 #A58023

triadic

#A53F23 #23A53F #3F23A5

tetradic

#A53F23 #48A523 #2389A5 #8023A5

square

#A53F23 #48A523 #2389A5 #8023A5

split-complementary

#A53F23 #23A580 #2348A5

monochromatic

#40180E #732C18 #A53F23 #D35532 #DE7E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#A53F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A53F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A53F23

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A53F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A53F23	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C521F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B62639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a53f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 63, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.141 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77860',
    500: '#a53f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a53f23;
$custom-light: #c77860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a53f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50417,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.11676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A53F23

secondary

#60AEC4

accent

#C4E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A53F23

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

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