#A47579#A47579

#A47579 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.059 H 13.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A47579
RGB	rgb(164, 117, 121)
HSL	hsl(355, 21%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(355, 29%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 26.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 19.06, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 19.74, 15.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.0579 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.06 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1228, 21.9969, 21.0080)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A47579 #75A4A0

analogous

#A47590 #A47579 #A48975

triadic

#A47579 #79A475 #7579A4

tetradic

#A47579 #90A475 #75A4A0 #8975A4

square

#A47579 #90A475 #75A4A0 #8975A4

split-complementary

#A47579 #75A489 #7590A4

monochromatic

#603F42 #84575B #A47579 #BC9A9D #D5BFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#A47579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#A47579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A47579

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A47579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A47579	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a47579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 117, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.059 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c09d9f',
    500: '#a47579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a47579;
$custom-light: #c09d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a47579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.894,
    "s": 20.524,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61093,
    "c": 0.0595,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A47579

secondary

#B1C4C3

accent

#BDB66B

background

#FBF9F9

surface

#F7F2F2

border

#D0CCCC

text

#120E0E

muted

#817E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A47579

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

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