#A05E56#A05E56

#A05E56 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.088 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A05E56
RGB	rgb(160, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 46%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.3%, 46.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 25.99, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 30.61, 31.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.0779 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.088 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1808, 16.1527, 10.8572)
Luminance	0.1615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A05E56 #5698A0

analogous

#A05673 #A05E56 #A08356

triadic

#A05E56 #56A05E #5E56A0

tetradic

#A05E56 #73A056 #5698A0 #8356A0

square

#A05E56 #73A056 #5698A0 #8356A0

split-complementary

#A05E56 #56A083 #5673A0

monochromatic

#502F2B #784741 #A05E56 #B8827B #CDA8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A05E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A05E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A05E56

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A05E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A05E56	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a05e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.088 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8c85',
    500: '#a05e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a05e56;
$custom-light: #bf8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a05e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 30.081,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55447,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A05E56

secondary

#97B7BB

accent

#BBC661

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#120C0B

muted

#817D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A05E56

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

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