#A16973#A16973

#A16973 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.073 H 7.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A16973
RGB	rgb(161, 105, 115)
HSL	hsl(349, 23%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(349, 35%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 28.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 23.84, 3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 24.12, 8.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.0722 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.073 7.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8446, 18.9195, 18.6649)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A16973 #69A197

analogous

#A1698F #A16973 #A17B69

triadic

#A16973 #73A169 #6973A1

tetradic

#A16973 #8FA169 #69A197 #7B69A1

square

#A16973 #8FA169 #69A197 #7B69A1

split-complementary

#A16973 #69A17B #698FA1

monochromatic

#58373D #7E4F57 #A16973 #B98F96 #D0B4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#A16973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#A16973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A16973

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A16973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A16973	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB656D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a16973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 105, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.073 7.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be949b',
    500: '#a16973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a16973;
$custom-light: #be949b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a16973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.286,
    "s": 22.951,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58324,
    "c": 0.0729,
    "h": 7.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A16973

secondary

#A7BFBB

accent

#BFB068

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F7F1F2

border

#D0CBCC

text

#120D0E

muted

#817E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A16973

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

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