#A84257#A84257

#A84257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.135 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84257
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 87)
HSL	hsl(348, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(348, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 48.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, 43.78, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 44.79, 12.22°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% 0.1327 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.135 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8184, 12.9117, 10.4635)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84257 #42A893

analogous

#A8428A #A84257 #A86042

triadic

#A84257 #57A842 #4257A8

tetradic

#A84257 #8AA842 #42A893 #6042A8

square

#A84257 #8AA842 #42A893 #6042A8

split-complementary

#A84257 #42A860 #428AA8

monochromatic

#501F29 #7C3140 #A84257 #C26578 #D4919F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#A84257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A84257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84257

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84257	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.135 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67b86',
    500: '#a84257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84257;
$custom-light: #c67b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.647,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52254,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84257

secondary

#87BFB3

accent

#D3B954

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EEEF

border

#D2C9CA

text

#140A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84257

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

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