Light Maroon#A24857

#A24857 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.120 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Light Maroon — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A24857
RGB	rgb(162, 72, 87)
HSL	hsl(350, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(350, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 46.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 38.71, 9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 39.87, 13.84°)
OKLab	oklab(52.17% 0.1172 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(52.17% 0.12 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9392, 13.0063, 10.5281)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A24857 #48A293

analogous

#A24884 #A24857 #A26648

triadic

#A24857 #57A248 #4857A2

tetradic

#A24857 #84A248 #48A293 #6648A2

square

#A24857 #84A248 #48A293 #6648A2

split-complementary

#A24857 #48A266 #4884A2

monochromatic

#4D2229 #783540 #A24857 #BD6A78 #D0959F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#A24857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A24857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A24857

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A24857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A24857	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a24857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 72, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.120 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17e86',
    500: '#a24857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a24857;
$custom-light: #c17e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a24857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5217,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A24857

secondary

#8ABCB3

accent

#CEBB59

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F8EEEF

border

#D1C9CA

text

#130A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A24857

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

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