#A54545#A54545

#A54545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.128 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A54545
RGB	rgb(165, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 58.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 39.67, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 44.44, 26.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1178 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.128 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7210, 12.6876, 7.0922)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A54545 #45A5A5

analogous

#A54575 #A54545 #A57545

triadic

#A54545 #45A545 #4545A5

tetradic

#A54545 #75A545 #45A5A5 #7545A5

square

#A54545 #75A545 #45A5A5 #7545A5

split-complementary

#A54545 #45A575 #4575A5

monochromatic

#4F2121 #7A3333 #A54545 #C06868 #D29393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A54545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A54545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54545

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A54545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A54545	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a54545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.128 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57c78',
    500: '#a54545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a54545;
$custom-light: #c57c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a54545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51773,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A54545

secondary

#88BDBD

accent

#D1D157

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A54545

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

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