#A8495C#A8495C

#A8495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.126 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8495C
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(348, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 45.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 40.89, 8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 41.74, 11.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1241 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.126 10)
XYZ	xyz(20.4641, 13.8649, 11.7216)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8495C #49A895

analogous

#A8498C #A8495C #A86649

triadic

#A8495C #5CA849 #495CA8

tetradic

#A8495C #8CA849 #49A895 #6649A8

square

#A8495C #8CA849 #49A895 #6649A8

split-complementary

#A8495C #49A866 #498CA8

monochromatic

#53242D #7D3645 #A8495C #C06E7F #D399A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#A8495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#A8495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8495C

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8495C	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.126 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67f8a',
    500: '#a8495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8495c;
$custom-light: #c67f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53351,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.13863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8495C

secondary

#8EBFB5

accent

#CFB858

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EEF0

border

#D2C9CB

text

#130A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8495C

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

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