#A95656#A95656

#A95656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.109 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A95656
RGB	rgb(169, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.1%, 49.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 33.94, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 37.39, 24.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1018 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.109 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3711, 15.7647, 10.7197)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A95656 #56A9A9

analogous

#A95680 #A95656 #A98056

triadic

#A95656 #56A956 #5656A9

tetradic

#A95656 #80A956 #56A9A9 #7F56A9

square

#A95656 #80A956 #56A9A9 #7F56A9

split-complementary

#A95656 #56A980 #567FA9

monochromatic

#582D2D #804141 #A95656 #BE7F7F #D2A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A95656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A95656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A95656

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A95656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A95656	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a95656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.109 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68785',
    500: '#a95656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a95656;
$custom-light: #c68785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a95656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 32.549,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55321,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A95656

secondary

#9BC0C0

accent

#C9C95F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A95656

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

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