#A04A42#A04A42

#A04A42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.116 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04A42
RGB	rgb(160, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(5, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 35.00, 21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 41.26, 31.98°)
OKLab	oklab(51.69% 0.1032 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(51.69% 0.116 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9308, 12.7666, 6.6731)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04A42 #4298A0

analogous

#A04269 #A04A42 #A07942

triadic

#A04A42 #42A04A #4A42A0

tetradic

#A04A42 #69A042 #4298A0 #7942A0

square

#A04A42 #69A042 #4298A0 #7942A0

split-complementary

#A04A42 #42A079 #4269A0

monochromatic

#49221E #753630 #A04A42 #BE6961 #D0928D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#A04A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#A04A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04A42

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04A42	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.116 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17f76',
    500: '#a04a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04a42;
$custom-light: #c17f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51687,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04A42

secondary

#83B6BB

accent

#C7D156

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04A42

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

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