#A04540#A04540

#A04540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.122 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04540
RGB	rgb(160, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.38, 37.41, 21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.38, 43.27, 30.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% 0.1104 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.122 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5523, 12.1021, 6.2611)
Luminance	0.1210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04540 #409BA0

analogous

#A0406B #A04540 #A07540

triadic

#A04540 #40A045 #4540A0

tetradic

#A04540 #6BA040 #409BA0 #7540A0

square

#A04540 #6BA040 #409BA0 #7540A0

split-complementary

#A04540 #40A075 #406BA0

monochromatic

#491F1D #74322F #A04540 #BF635E #D08E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#A04540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A04540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04540

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04540	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)

#5B563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.122 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17c75',
    500: '#a04540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04540;
$custom-light: #c17c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.125,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50895,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04540

secondary

#81B8BB

accent

#CCD355

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04540

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

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