#A04259#A04259

#A04259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.126 H 7.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04259
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 89)
HSL	hsl(345, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(345, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 44.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 41.20, 6.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 41.67, 8.64°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1253 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.126 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2498, 12.0933, 10.8224)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04259 #42A089

analogous

#A04288 #A04259 #A05A42

triadic

#A04259 #59A042 #4259A0

tetradic

#A04259 #88A042 #42A089 #5A42A0

square

#A04259 #88A042 #42A089 #5A42A0

split-complementary

#A04259 #42A05A #4288A0

monochromatic

#491E29 #753041 #A04259 #BE6178 #D08D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#A04259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A04259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04259

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04259	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55565A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.126 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07a87',
    500: '#a04259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04259;
$custom-light: #c07a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.319,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51065,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04259

secondary

#83BBAD

accent

#D1B356

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F8EEEF

border

#D1C9CA

text

#13090B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04259

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

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