#A14545#A14545

#A14545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.123 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A14545
RGB	rgb(161, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 57.1%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 38.18, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 42.67, 26.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.1135 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.123 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9017, 12.2651, 7.0538)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A14545 #45A1A1

analogous

#A14573 #A14545 #A17345

triadic

#A14545 #45A145 #4545A1

tetradic

#A14545 #73A145 #45A1A1 #7345A1

square

#A14545 #73A145 #45A1A1 #7345A1

split-complementary

#A14545 #45A173 #4573A1

monochromatic

#4B2020 #763333 #A14545 #BD6666 #D09191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A14545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A14545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A14545

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A14545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A14545	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a14545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.123 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27c78',
    500: '#a14545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a14545;
$custom-light: #c27c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a14545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51151,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A14545

secondary

#87BBBB

accent

#D0D058

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A14545

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

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