#A54240#A54240

#A54240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.132 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A54240
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.64, 40.76, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.64, 46.43, 28.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.25% 0.1203 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(51.25% 0.132 24)
XYZ	xyz(18.3923, 12.2683, 6.2490)
Luminance	0.1227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A54240 #40A3A5

analogous

#A54071 #A54240 #A57440

triadic

#A54240 #40A542 #4240A5

tetradic

#A54240 #71A540 #40A3A5 #7440A5

square

#A54240 #71A540 #40A3A5 #7440A5

split-complementary

#A54240 #40A574 #4071A5

monochromatic

#4D1F1E #79302F #A54240 #C26361 #D38E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A54240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#A54240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54240

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A54240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A54240	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a54240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.132 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57a74',
    500: '#a54240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a54240;
$custom-light: #c57a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a54240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51253,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.12266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A54240

secondary

#83BCBE

accent

#D1D454

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A54240

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

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