#A24545#A24545

#A24545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.124 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A24545
RGB	rgb(162, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 57%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, 38.56, 19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 43.11, 26.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.1146 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.124 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1041, 12.3695, 7.0633)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A24545 #45A2A2

analogous

#A24573 #A24545 #A27345

triadic

#A24545 #45A245 #4545A2

tetradic

#A24545 #73A245 #45A2A2 #7345A2

square

#A24545 #73A245 #45A2A2 #7345A2

split-complementary

#A24545 #45A273 #4573A2

monochromatic

#4C2020 #773333 #A24545 #BE6666 #D09191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#A24545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#A24545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A24545

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A24545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A24545	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B13546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a24545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.124 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37c78',
    500: '#a24545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a24545;
$custom-light: #c37c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a24545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 40.26,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51306,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A24545

secondary

#87BCBC

accent

#D0D058

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A24545

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

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