#A17C79#A17C79

#A17C79 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.047 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A17C79
RGB	rgb(161, 124, 121)
HSL	hsl(5, 18%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 25%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 24.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 13.88, 7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 15.62, 27.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% 0.0426 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.047 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3571, 23.3740, 21.2614)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A17C79 #799EA1

analogous

#A1798A #A17C79 #A19079

triadic

#A17C79 #79A17C #7C79A1

tetradic

#A17C79 #8AA179 #799EA1 #9079A1

square

#A17C79 #8AA179 #799EA1 #9079A1

split-complementary

#A17C79 #79A190 #798AA1

monochromatic

#5E4442 #825E5B #A17C79 #BA9F9D #D3C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#A17C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#A17C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A17C79

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A17C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A17C79	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)

#838179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a17c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 124, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.047 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda29f',
    500: '#a17c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a17c79;
$custom-light: #bda29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a17c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.5,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62127,
    "c": 0.04654,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A17C79

secondary

#B3C2C3

accent

#B4BA6E

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F7F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#120F0E

muted

#817E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A17C79

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

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