#A65959#A65959

#A65959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.101 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A65959
RGB	rgb(166, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 46.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 31.46, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 34.52, 24.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.0946 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.101 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1027, 15.9751, 11.4214)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A65959 #59A6A6

analogous

#A65980 #A65959 #A68059

triadic

#A65959 #59A659 #5959A6

tetradic

#A65959 #80A659 #59A6A6 #7F59A6

square

#A65959 #80A659 #59A6A6 #7F59A6

split-complementary

#A65959 #59A680 #597FA6

monochromatic

#562E2E #7E4444 #A65959 #BB8181 #D1A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#A65959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#A65959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A65959

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A65959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A65959	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a65959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.101 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48987',
    500: '#a65959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a65959;
$custom-light: #c48987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a65959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.196,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55464,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A65959

secondary

#9CBFBF

accent

#C6C661

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A65959

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

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