#A8495D#A8495D

#A8495D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.126 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8495D
RGB	rgb(168, 73, 93)
HSL	hsl(347, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(347, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 44.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 41.00, 7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 41.73, 10.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.1244 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.126 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5081, 13.8825, 11.9534)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8495D #49A894

analogous

#A8498D #A8495D #A86449

triadic

#A8495D #5DA849 #495DA8

tetradic

#A8495D #8DA849 #49A894 #6449A8

square

#A8495D #8DA849 #49A894 #6449A8

split-complementary

#A8495D #49A864 #498DA8

monochromatic

#53242E #7D3645 #A8495D #C06E7F #D399A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#A8495D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#A8495D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8495D

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8495D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8495D	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B63E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8495d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 73, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.126 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67f8a',
    500: '#a8495d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8495d;
$custom-light: #c67f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8495d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.368,
    "s": 39.419,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53379,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8495D

secondary

#8EBFB5

accent

#CFB658

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EEF0

border

#D2C9CB

text

#130A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8495D

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

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