#A45D56#A45D56

#A45D56 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.094 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45D56
RGB	rgb(164, 93, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.3%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 28.16, 16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 32.74, 30.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.0843 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.094 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9052, 16.3951, 10.8659)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45D56 #569DA4

analogous

#A45676 #A45D56 #A48456

triadic

#A45D56 #56A45D #5D56A4

tetradic

#A45D56 #76A456 #569DA4 #8456A4

square

#A45D56 #76A456 #569DA4 #8456A4

split-complementary

#A45D56 #56A484 #5676A4

monochromatic

#542F2C #7C4641 #A45D56 #BB827D #D0A9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#A45D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#A45D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45D56

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45D56	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 93, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.094 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28c85',
    500: '#a45d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45d56;
$custom-light: #c28c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.385,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55802,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45D56

secondary

#99BABD

accent

#BEC760

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45D56

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

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