#A45757#A45757

#A45757 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.102 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45757
RGB	rgb(164, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 47%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 47%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 31.56, 14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 34.65, 24.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.0949 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.102 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4396, 15.3990, 10.9108)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45757 #57A4A4

analogous

#A4577E #A45757 #A47E57

triadic

#A45757 #57A457 #5757A4

tetradic

#A45757 #7EA457 #57A4A4 #7E57A4

square

#A45757 #7EA457 #57A4A4 #7E57A4

split-complementary

#A45757 #57A47E #577EA4

monochromatic

#542D2D #7C4242 #A45757 #BA7E7E #D0A6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#A45757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#A45757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45757

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45757	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.102 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28886',
    500: '#a45757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45757;
$custom-light: #c28886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.677,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54808,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45757

secondary

#99BDBD

accent

#C7C761

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45757

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

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