#A54142#A54142

#A54142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.133 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A54142
RGB	rgb(165, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.49, 41.38, 20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.49, 46.33, 26.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.1227 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.133 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3924, 12.1756, 6.5348)
Luminance	0.1217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A54142 #41A5A4

analogous

#A54174 #A54142 #A57241

triadic

#A54142 #42A541 #4142A5

tetradic

#A54142 #74A541 #41A5A4 #7241A5

square

#A54142 #74A541 #41A5A4 #7241A5

split-complementary

#A54142 #41A572 #4174A5

monochromatic

#4D1E1F #793030 #A54142 #C16263 #D28E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A54142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#A54142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54142

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A54142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A54142	1.00	6.11	3.43	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a54142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.133 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57a76',
    500: '#a54142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a54142;
$custom-light: #c57a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a54142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.4,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51156,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A54142

secondary

#84BEBD

accent

#D3D255

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A54142

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

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