#A54249#A54249

#A54249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.131 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A54249
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(356, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(356, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.81, 41.46, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.81, 44.78, 22.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.124 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.131 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6694, 12.3791, 7.7083)
Luminance	0.1238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A54249 #42A59E

analogous

#A5427A #A54249 #A56D42

triadic

#A54249 #49A542 #4249A5

tetradic

#A54249 #7AA542 #42A59E #6D42A5

square

#A54249 #7AA542 #42A59E #6D42A5

split-complementary

#A54249 #42A56D #427AA5

monochromatic

#4E1F22 #793136 #A54249 #C1636A #D28F94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A54249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A54249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54249

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A54249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A54249	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a54249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.131 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57b7b',
    500: '#a54249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a54249;
$custom-light: #c57b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a54249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.758,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5144,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A54249

secondary

#85BDBA

accent

#D3CA55

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A54249

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

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