#A04251#A04251

#A04251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.125 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04251
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 81)
HSL	hsl(350, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 49.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.16, 40.38, 10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.16, 41.84, 15.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.1221 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.125 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9320, 11.9662, 9.1484)
Luminance	0.1196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04251 #42A091

analogous

#A04280 #A04251 #A06242

triadic

#A04251 #51A042 #4251A0

tetradic

#A04251 #80A042 #42A091 #6242A0

square

#A04251 #80A042 #42A091 #6242A0

split-complementary

#A04251 #42A062 #4280A0

monochromatic

#491E25 #75303B #A04251 #BE6170 #D08D97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19

#A04251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#A04251 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04251

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04251	1.00	6.19	3.39	6.19
#FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E684F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE3548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.125 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07a81',
    500: '#a04251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04251;
$custom-light: #c07a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.426,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50848,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04251

secondary

#83BBB2

accent

#D1BE56

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEEE

border

#D1C9C9

text

#13090A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04251

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

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