#A45840#A45840

#A45840 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.107 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45840
RGB	rgb(164, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 28.93, 27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 40.04, 43.72°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.0837 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.107 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7265, 15.2442, 6.7531)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45840 #408CA4

analogous

#A4405A #A45840 #A48A40

triadic

#A45840 #40A458 #5840A4

tetradic

#A45840 #5AA440 #408CA4 #8A40A4

square

#A45840 #5AA440 #408CA4 #8A40A4

split-complementary

#A45840 #40A48A #405AA4

monochromatic

#4C291E #78402F #A45840 #C17760 #D29D8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#A45840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A45840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45840

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45840	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.107 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38875',
    500: '#a45840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45840;
$custom-light: #c38875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54509,
    "c": 0.10659,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45840

secondary

#83AFBD

accent

#B5D454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45840

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

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