#A05050#A05050

#A05050 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.106 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A05050
RGB	rgb(160, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 50%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 50%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 33.07, 15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 36.47, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.0991 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.106 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8151, 13.7921, 9.2591)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A05050 #50A0A0

analogous

#A05078 #A05050 #A07850

triadic

#A05050 #50A050 #5050A0

tetradic

#A05050 #78A050 #50A0A0 #7850A0

square

#A05050 #78A050 #50A0A0 #7850A0

split-complementary

#A05050 #50A078 #5078A0

monochromatic

#4E2727 #773C3C #A05050 #B97474 #CE9D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#A05050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#A05050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A05050

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A05050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A05050	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a05050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.106 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08381',
    500: '#a05050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a05050;
$custom-light: #c08381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a05050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52934,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A05050

secondary

#91BBBB

accent

#C9C95E

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A05050

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

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