#A54838#A54838

#A54838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.127 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A54838
RGB	rgb(165, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 37.24, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 46.77, 37.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.97% 0.1079 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(51.97% 0.127 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5499, 12.9219, 5.2580)
Luminance	0.1292 (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

#A54838 #3895A5

analogous

#A5385E #A54838 #A57E38

triadic

#A54838 #38A548 #4838A5

tetradic

#A54838 #5EA538 #3895A5 #7E38A5

square

#A54838 #5EA538 #3895A5 #7E38A5

split-complementary

#A54838 #38A57E #385EA5

monochromatic

#4A2019 #773428 #A54838 #C56555 #D58F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#A54838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A54838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54838

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A54838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A54838	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a54838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.127 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57e6f',
    500: '#a54838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a54838;
$custom-light: #c57e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a54838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.807,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51971,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A54838

secondary

#7AB4BE

accent

#C5D94F

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A54838

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

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