#A56161#A56161

#A56161 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.089 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56161
RGB	rgb(165, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 27%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 41%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 27.55, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 30.02, 23.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.0832 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.089 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9505, 17.4137, 13.5120)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56161 #61A5A5

analogous

#A56183 #A56161 #A58361

triadic

#A56161 #61A561 #6161A5

tetradic

#A56161 #83A561 #61A5A5 #8361A5

square

#A56161 #83A561 #61A5A5 #8361A5

split-complementary

#A56161 #61A583 #6183A5

monochromatic

#593333 #804949 #A56161 #BB8888 #D1AFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#A56161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#A56161 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56161

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56161	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.089 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28f8d',
    500: '#a56161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56161;
$custom-light: #c28f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 27.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56895,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56161

secondary

#A2C0C0

accent

#C4C464

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130C0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56161

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

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