#A05042#A05042

#A05042 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.109 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A05042
RGB	rgb(160, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.66, 31.82, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.66, 39.53, 36.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.64% 0.0933 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(52.64% 0.109 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3507, 13.6063, 6.8131)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A05042 #4292A0

analogous

#A04263 #A05042 #A07F42

triadic

#A05042 #42A050 #5042A0

tetradic

#A05042 #63A042 #4292A0 #7F42A0

square

#A05042 #63A042 #4292A0 #7F42A0

split-complementary

#A05042 #42A07F #4263A0

monochromatic

#49251E #753A30 #A05042 #BE6F61 #D0978D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#A05042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#A05042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A05042

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A05042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A05042	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE424D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a05042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.109 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18376',
    500: '#a05042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a05042;
$custom-light: #c18376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a05042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.936,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5264,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A05042

secondary

#83B3BB

accent

#BFD156

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFED

border

#D1CAC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A05042

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

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