#A54551#A54551

#A54551 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.127 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A54551
RGB	rgb(165, 69, 81)
HSL	hsl(353, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(353, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 50.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 40.70, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 42.73, 17.70°)
OKLab	oklab(52.04% 0.1227 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(52.04% 0.127 15)
XYZ	xyz(19.1318, 12.8519, 9.2561)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A54551 #45A599

analogous

#A54581 #A54551 #A56945

triadic

#A54551 #51A545 #4551A5

tetradic

#A54551 #81A545 #45A599 #6945A5

square

#A54551 #81A545 #45A599 #6945A5

split-complementary

#A54551 #45A569 #4581A5

monochromatic

#4F2127 #7A333C #A54551 #C06873 #D2939B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#A54551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A54551 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54551

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A54551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A54551	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a54551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 69, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.127 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47c81',
    500: '#a54551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a54551;
$custom-light: #c47c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a54551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52043,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.1285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A54551

secondary

#88BDB7

accent

#D1C257

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#130A0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A54551

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

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