#A45656#A45656

#A45656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.103 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45656
RGB	rgb(164, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 32.00, 14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 35.16, 24.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.0961 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.103 21)
XYZ	xyz(20.3186, 15.2220, 10.6704)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45656 #56A4A4

analogous

#A4567D #A45656 #A47D56

triadic

#A45656 #56A456 #5656A4

tetradic

#A45656 #7DA456 #56A4A4 #7D56A4

square

#A45656 #7DA456 #56A4A4 #7D56A4

split-complementary

#A45656 #56A47D #567DA4

monochromatic

#542C2C #7C4141 #A45656 #BB7D7D #D0A5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A45656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A45656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45656

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45656	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.103 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28785',
    500: '#a45656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45656;
$custom-light: #c28785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54619,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.1522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45656

secondary

#99BDBD

accent

#C7C760

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45656

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

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