#A45949#A45949

#A45949 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.102 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45949
RGB	rgb(164, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 29.12, 22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 37.04, 38.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.0857 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.102 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0863, 15.5204, 8.2400)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45949 #4994A4

analogous

#A44967 #A45949 #A48749

triadic

#A45949 #49A459 #5949A4

tetradic

#A45949 #67A449 #4994A4 #8749A4

square

#A45949 #67A449 #4994A4 #8749A4

split-complementary

#A45949 #49A487 #4967A4

monochromatic

#4F2B23 #7A4236 #A45949 #BE7B6C #D1A197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#A45949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A45949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45949

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45949	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.102 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3897c',
    500: '#a45949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45949;
$custom-light: #c3897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.549,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54842,
    "c": 0.10228,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45949

secondary

#8CB4BD

accent

#BACE59

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45949

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

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