#A45F59#A45F59

#A45F59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.091 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45F59
RGB	rgb(164, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 46%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.1%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 27.37, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 31.51, 29.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.0821 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.091 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2064, 16.8001, 11.5751)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45F59 #599EA4

analogous

#A45979 #A45F59 #A48559

triadic

#A45F59 #59A45F #5F59A4

tetradic

#A45F59 #79A459 #599EA4 #8559A4

square

#A45F59 #79A459 #599EA4 #8559A4

split-complementary

#A45F59 #59A485 #5979A4

monochromatic

#55312E #7C4843 #A45F59 #BA8580 #D0ABA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#A45F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#A45F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45F59

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45F59	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1565E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.091 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28d87',
    500: '#a45f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45f59;
$custom-light: #c28d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 29.644,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5622,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45F59

secondary

#9BBBBE

accent

#BEC662

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45F59

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

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