#A16259#A16259

#A16259 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.084 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16259
RGB	rgb(161, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(8, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 45%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.1%, 44.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 24.47, 15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 29.21, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.0735 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.084 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8699, 17.0355, 11.6383)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16259 #5998A1

analogous

#A15974 #A16259 #A18659

triadic

#A16259 #59A162 #6259A1

tetradic

#A16259 #74A159 #5998A1 #8659A1

square

#A16259 #74A159 #5998A1 #8659A1

split-complementary

#A16259 #59A186 #5974A1

monochromatic

#52322D #7A4A43 #A16259 #B8867F #CEABA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#A16259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#A16259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A16259

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A16259	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.084 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf8f88',
    500: '#a16259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16259;
$custom-light: #bf8f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 28.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56363,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16259

secondary

#9AB8BC

accent

#B9C563

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#120C0B

muted

#817D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16259

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

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