#A16666#A16666

#A16666 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.077 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16666
RGB	rgb(161, 102, 102)
HSL	hsl(0, 24%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 37%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 36.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 23.76, 9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 25.76, 22.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.072 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.077 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8484, 18.0407, 14.8993)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16666 #66A1A1

analogous

#A16684 #A16666 #A18466

triadic

#A16666 #66A166 #6666A1

tetradic

#A16666 #84A166 #66A1A1 #8466A1

square

#A16666 #84A166 #66A1A1 #8466A1

split-complementary

#A16666 #66A184 #6684A1

monochromatic

#573636 #7D4D4D #A16666 #B88C8C #D0B2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#A16666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#A16666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16666

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16666	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726F66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807A65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC5F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 102, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.077 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf9291',
    500: '#a16666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16666;
$custom-light: #bf9291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57412,
    "c": 0.07651,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16666

secondary

#A4BEBE

accent

#C0C067

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F7F1F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#120D0C

muted

#817E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16666

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

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