#A45142#A45142

#A45142 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.113 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45142
RGB	rgb(164, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 32.88, 24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 41.08, 36.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.0962 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.113 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2372, 14.1729, 6.8758)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45142 #4295A4

analogous

#A44264 #A45142 #A48242

triadic

#A45142 #42A451 #5142A4

tetradic

#A45142 #64A442 #4295A4 #8242A4

square

#A45142 #64A442 #4295A4 #8242A4

split-complementary

#A45142 #42A482 #4264A4

monochromatic

#4D261F #783B30 #A45142 #C07163 #D2998F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#A45142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A45142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45142

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45142	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3434E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.113 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48476',
    500: '#a45142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45142;
$custom-light: #c48476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.184,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53384,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45142

secondary

#85B4BD

accent

#BFD255

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45142

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

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