#A78784#A78784

#A78784 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.040 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A78784
RGB	rgb(167, 135, 132)
HSL	hsl(5, 17%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 21%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 21%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 11.69, 6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 13.25, 28.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.036 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.04 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7653, 27.2105, 25.5622)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A78784 #84A4A7

analogous

#A78492 #A78784 #A79884

triadic

#A78784 #84A787 #8784A7

tetradic

#A78784 #92A784 #84A4A7 #9884A7

square

#A78784 #92A784 #84A4A7 #9884A7

split-complementary

#A78784 #84A798 #8492A7

monochromatic

#674C4A #8B6763 #A78784 #C1AAA8 #DACDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#A78784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#A78784 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A78784

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A78784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A78784	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a78784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 135, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.040 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1aaa7',
    500: '#a78784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a78784;
$custom-light: #c1aaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a78784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 16.588,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65244,
    "c": 0.03957,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A78784

secondary

#BCC9CA

accent

#B3B96E

background

#FBFAFA

surface

#F7F4F4

border

#D0CECE

text

#12100F

muted

#817F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A78784

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

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