#A94249#A94249

#A94249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.136 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94249
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(356, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 56.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, 42.89, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 46.49, 22.72°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.1281 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.136 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5147, 12.8150, 7.7479)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94249 #42A9A2

analogous

#A9427C #A94249 #A96E42

triadic

#A94249 #49A942 #4249A9

tetradic

#A94249 #7CA942 #42A9A2 #6E42A9

square

#A94249 #7CA942 #42A9A2 #6E42A9

split-complementary

#A94249 #42A96E #427CA9

monochromatic

#512023 #7D3136 #A94249 #C3656C #D49196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A94249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A94249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94249

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94249	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.136 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87b7b',
    500: '#a94249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94249;
$custom-light: #c87b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.922,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52073,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94249

secondary

#87C0BC

accent

#D4CB54

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94249

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

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