#A78587#A78587

#A78587 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.042 H 14.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78587
RGB	rgb(167, 133, 135)
HSL	hsl(356, 16%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 20%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 19.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 13.30, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 13.86, 16.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.0405 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.042 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6972, 26.7409, 26.5668)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78587 #85A7A5

analogous

#A78598 #A78587 #A79485

triadic

#A78587 #87A785 #8587A7

tetradic

#A78587 #98A785 #85A7A5 #9485A7

square

#A78587 #98A785 #85A7A5 #9485A7

split-complementary

#A78587 #85A794 #8598A7

monochromatic

#674A4C #8B6466 #A78587 #C1A9AA #DACCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#A78587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#A78587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78587

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78587	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 133, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.042 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1a8a9',
    500: '#a78587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78587;
$custom-light: #c1a8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 16.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64932,
    "c": 0.04182,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78587

secondary

#BDCBCA

accent

#B9B56F

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#120F10

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78587

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

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