#A54535#A54535

#A54535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.131 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A54535
RGB	rgb(165, 69, 53)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, 38.56, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 48.43, 37.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1114 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.131 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2895, 12.5150, 4.8200)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A54535 #3595A5

analogous

#A5355D #A54535 #A57D35

triadic

#A54535 #35A545 #4535A5

tetradic

#A54535 #5DA535 #3595A5 #7D35A5

square

#A54535 #5DA535 #3595A5 #7D35A5

split-complementary

#A54535 #35A57D #355DA5

monochromatic

#481E17 #773226 #A54535 #C76150 #D68B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A54535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A54535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54535

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A54535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A54535	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53142

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a54535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 69, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.131 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67c6d',
    500: '#a54535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a54535;
$custom-light: #c67c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a54535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 51.376,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51486,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A54535

secondary

#77B5BF

accent

#C7DB4D

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A54535

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

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