#A05959#A05959

#A05959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.094 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A05959
RGB	rgb(160, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 44%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 44.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 29.10, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 31.84, 23.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.0877 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.094 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8739, 15.3414, 11.3638)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A05959 #59A0A0

analogous

#A0597D #A05959 #A07D59

triadic

#A05959 #59A059 #5959A0

tetradic

#A05959 #7DA059 #59A0A0 #7D59A0

square

#A05959 #7DA059 #59A0A0 #7D59A0

split-complementary

#A05959 #59A07D #597DA0

monochromatic

#512D2D #794343 #A05959 #B87F7F #CDA6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#A05959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A05959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A05959

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A05959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A05959	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD505A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a05959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.094 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8987',
    500: '#a05959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a05959;
$custom-light: #bf8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a05959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 28.514,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54646,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A05959

secondary

#9ABBBB

accent

#C5C563

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A05959

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

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