#A45B49#A45B49

#A45B49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.100 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45B49
RGB	rgb(164, 91, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 55.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 28.02, 23.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 36.55, 39.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.0823 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.1 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2550, 15.8578, 8.2962)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45B49 #4992A4

analogous

#A44965 #A45B49 #A48949

triadic

#A45B49 #49A45B #5B49A4

tetradic

#A45B49 #65A449 #4992A4 #8949A4

square

#A45B49 #65A449 #4992A4 #8949A4

split-complementary

#A45B49 #49A489 #4965A4

monochromatic

#4F2C23 #7A4436 #A45B49 #BE7D6C #D1A297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A45B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A45B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45B49

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45B49	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 91, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.100 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38a7c',
    500: '#a45b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45b49;
$custom-light: #c38a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.868,
    "s": 38.397,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55185,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45B49

secondary

#8CB3BD

accent

#B7CE59

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C09

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45B49

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

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