#A84457#A84457

#A84457 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.132 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84457
RGB	rgb(168, 68, 87)
HSL	hsl(349, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(349, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 48.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, 42.83, 9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 43.97, 13.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.52% 0.1297 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(52.52% 0.132 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9373, 13.1495, 10.5032)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84457 #44A895

analogous

#A84489 #A84457 #A86344

triadic

#A84457 #57A844 #4457A8

tetradic

#A84457 #89A844 #44A895 #6344A8

square

#A84457 #89A844 #44A895 #6344A8

split-complementary

#A84457 #44A863 #4489A8

monochromatic

#51212A #7C3240 #A84457 #C26879 #D3939F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#A84457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A84457 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84457

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84457	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 68, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.132 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67c86',
    500: '#a84457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84457;
$custom-light: #c67c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.6,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52522,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84457

secondary

#89BFB5

accent

#D2BB56

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EEEF

border

#D2C9CA

text

#140A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84457

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

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