#A65237#A65237

#A65237 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.118 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A65237
RGB	rgb(166, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(15, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 66.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 32.37, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 45.18, 44.23°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.0925 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.118 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4345, 14.4197, 5.3735)
Luminance	0.1442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A65237 #378BA6

analogous

#A63753 #A65237 #A68937

triadic

#A65237 #37A652 #5237A6

tetradic

#A65237 #53A637 #378BA6 #8937A6

square

#A65237 #53A637 #378BA6 #8937A6

split-complementary

#A65237 #37A689 #3753A6

monochromatic

#4A2519 #783B28 #A65237 #C67054 #D69682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A65237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A65237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A65237

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A65237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A65237	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a65237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.118 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6846e',
    500: '#a65237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a65237;
$custom-light: #c6846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a65237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.595,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53658,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A65237

secondary

#7AAEBF

accent

#B8DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A65237

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

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