#A45B5D#A45B5D

#A45B5D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.096 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45B5D
RGB	rgb(164, 91, 93)
HSL	hsl(358, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(358, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.5%, 43.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 30.02, 12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 32.37, 21.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.0906 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.096 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0279, 16.1669, 12.3669)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45B5D #5BA4A2

analogous

#A45B82 #A45B5D #A47D5B

triadic

#A45B5D #5DA45B #5B5DA4

tetradic

#A45B5D #82A45B #5BA4A2 #7D5BA4

square

#A45B5D #82A45B #5BA4A2 #7D5BA4

split-complementary

#A45B5D #5BA47D #5B82A4

monochromatic

#552F30 #7D4547 #A45B5D #BA8284 #D0AAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A45B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#A45B5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45B5D

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45B5D	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A675D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C765C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1525C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 91, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.096 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28b8a',
    500: '#a45b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45b5d;
$custom-light: #c28b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.356,
    "s": 28.627,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55627,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45B5D

secondary

#9DBEBD

accent

#C5C263

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45B5D

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

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