#A17C78#A17C78

#A17C78 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.047 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17C78
RGB	rgb(161, 124, 120)
HSL	hsl(6, 18%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(6, 25%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 25.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 13.73, 7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 15.75, 29.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.0422 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.047 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2961, 23.3496, 20.9401)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17C78 #789DA1

analogous

#A17888 #A17C78 #A19178

triadic

#A17C78 #78A17C #7C78A1

tetradic

#A17C78 #88A178 #789DA1 #9178A1

square

#A17C78 #88A178 #789DA1 #9178A1

split-complementary

#A17C78 #78A191 #7888A1

monochromatic

#5D4441 #825E5A #A17C78 #BA9F9C #D3C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#A17C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#A17C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17C78

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17C78	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 124, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.047 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda29f',
    500: '#a17c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17c78;
$custom-light: #bda29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.854,
    "s": 17.904,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62099,
    "c": 0.04675,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17C78

secondary

#B2C1C3

accent

#B3BB6D

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F7F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#120F0E

muted

#817E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17C78

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

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