#A04840#A04840

#A04840 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.119 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04840
RGB	rgb(160, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, 35.88, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 42.35, 32.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1056 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.119 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7415, 12.4806, 6.3242)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04840 #4098A0

analogous

#A04068 #A04840 #A07840

triadic

#A04840 #40A048 #4840A0

tetradic

#A04840 #68A040 #4098A0 #7840A0

square

#A04840 #68A040 #4098A0 #7840A0

split-complementary

#A04840 #40A078 #4068A0

monochromatic

#49211D #74342F #A04840 #BF665E #D0908A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#A04840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A04840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04840

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04840	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.119 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17e75',
    500: '#a04840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04840;
$custom-light: #c17e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51343,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04840

secondary

#81B6BB

accent

#C8D355

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04840

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

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