#A45959#A45959

#A45959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.099 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45959
RGB	rgb(164, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 30.68, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 33.63, 24.16°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.0923 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.099 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6866, 15.7605, 11.4019)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45959 #59A4A4

analogous

#A4597F #A45959 #A47F59

triadic

#A45959 #59A459 #5959A4

tetradic

#A45959 #7FA459 #59A4A4 #7F59A4

square

#A45959 #7FA459 #59A4A4 #7F59A4

split-complementary

#A45959 #59A47F #597FA4

monochromatic

#552E2E #7C4343 #A45959 #BA8080 #D0A8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A45959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A45959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45959

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45959	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.099 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28987',
    500: '#a45959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45959;
$custom-light: #c28987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5519,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45959

secondary

#9BBEBE

accent

#C6C662

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45959

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

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