#A6495B#A6495B

#A6495B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.123 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6495B
RGB	rgb(166, 73, 91)
HSL	hsl(348, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56%, 45.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 40.07, 8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 40.95, 11.92°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1215 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.124 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9981, 13.6296, 11.4731)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6495B #49A694

analogous

#A6498A #A6495B #A66649

triadic

#A6495B #5BA649 #495BA6

tetradic

#A6495B #8AA649 #49A694 #6649A6

square

#A6495B #8AA649 #49A694 #6649A6

split-complementary

#A6495B #49A666 #498AA6

monochromatic

#51242C #7B3644 #A6495B #BF6D7D #D298A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#A6495B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#A6495B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6495B

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6495B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6495B	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6495b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 73, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.123 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47f89',
    500: '#a6495b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6495b;
$custom-light: #c47f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6495b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.387,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53024,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6495B

secondary

#8DBEB4

accent

#CFB859

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F8EEF0

border

#D1C9CB

text

#130A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6495B

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

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