#A94E4E#A94E4E

#A94E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.120 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94E4E
RGB	rgb(169, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 53.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.85, 37.38, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.85, 41.52, 25.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1115 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.12 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4633, 14.4362, 8.9151)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94E4E #4EA9A9

analogous

#A94E7B #A94E4E #A97B4E

triadic

#A94E4E #4EA94E #4E4EA9

tetradic

#A94E4E #7BA94E #4EA9A9 #7B4EA9

square

#A94E4E #7BA94E #4EA9A9 #7B4EA9

split-complementary

#A94E4E #4EA97B #4E7BA9

monochromatic

#552727 #7F3B3B #A94E4E #BF7575 #D39F9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A94E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A94E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94E4E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94E4E	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635E4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A714C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.120 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7827f',
    500: '#a94e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94e4e;
$custom-light: #c7827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53893,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94E4E

secondary

#93BFBF

accent

#CDCD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94E4E

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