#A14540#A14540

#A14540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.123 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A14540
RGB	rgb(161, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(3, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 60.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.54, 37.79, 21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.54, 43.71, 30.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.1115 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.124 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7530, 12.2057, 6.2705)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A14540 #409CA1

analogous

#A1406C #A14540 #A17640

triadic

#A14540 #40A145 #4540A1

tetradic

#A14540 #6CA140 #409CA1 #7640A1

square

#A14540 #6CA140 #409CA1 #7640A1

split-complementary

#A14540 #40A176 #406CA1

monochromatic

#491F1D #75322F #A14540 #BF645F #D18E8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#A14540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A14540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A14540

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A14540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A14540	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C563F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a14540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.123 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27c75',
    500: '#a14540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a14540;
$custom-light: #c27c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a14540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.093,
    "s": 43.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5105,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A14540

secondary

#81B9BC

accent

#CCD355

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A14540

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

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