#A54540#A54540

#A54540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.128 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A54540
RGBrgb(165, 69, 64)
HSLhsl(3, 44%, 45%)
HSVhsv(3, 61%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 58.2%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(42.20, 39.29, 22.95)
CIE-LCHlch(42.20, 45.50, 30.29°)
OKLaboklab(51.67% 0.1157 0.0553)
OKLCHoklch(51.67% 0.128 25.5)
XYZxyz(18.5722, 12.6281, 6.3089)
Luminance0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A54540 #40A0A5
analogous
#A5406E #A54540 #A57740
triadic
#A54540 #40A545 #4540A5
tetradic
#A54540 #6EA540 #40A0A5 #7740A5
square
#A54540 #6EA540 #40A0A5 #7740A5
split-complementary
#A54540 #40A577 #406EA5
monochromatic
#4D201E #79332F #A54540 #C26561 #D3908D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96
#A54540 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53
#A54540 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54540
5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A54540#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A545401.005.963.535.96
#FFFFFF5.961.0021.001.00
#0000003.5321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.961.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D573F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#756B3E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B43344
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a54540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.128 25.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57c75',
    500: '#a54540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a54540;
$custom-light: #c57c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a54540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.97,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51674,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A54540
secondary
#83BBBE
accent
#CED454
background
#FCF7F7
surface
#F9EEED
border
#D2C9C8
text
#140A08
muted
#827C7B

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#A54540 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva