#A9495C#A9495C

#A9495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.127 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9495C
RGB	rgb(169, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(348, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(348, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 45.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 41.25, 8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 42.14, 11.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.1251 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.127 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6779, 13.9751, 11.7317)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9495C #49A996

analogous

#A9498C #A9495C #A96649

triadic

#A9495C #5CA949 #495CA9

tetradic

#A9495C #8CA949 #49A996 #6649A9

square

#A9495C #8CA949 #49A996 #6649A9

split-complementary

#A9495C #49A966 #498CA9

monochromatic

#54242D #7E3745 #A9495C #C16F7F #D399A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#A9495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#A9495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9495C

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9495C	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75705A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B73D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.127 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77f8a',
    500: '#a9495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9495c;
$custom-light: #c77f8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.125,
    "s": 39.669,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53502,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9495C

secondary

#8EBFB6

accent

#D0B858

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F9EEF0

border

#D2C9CB

text

#140A0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9495C

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

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