#A9656D#A9656D

#A9656D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.088 H 12.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9656D
RGB	rgb(169, 101, 109)
HSL	hsl(353, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(353, 40%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 35.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 28.37, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 29.29, 14.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% 0.086 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.088 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7772, 18.8484, 16.8508)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9656D #65A9A1

analogous

#A9658F #A9656D #A97F65

triadic

#A9656D #6DA965 #656DA9

tetradic

#A9656D #8FA965 #65A9A1 #7F65A9

square

#A9656D #8FA965 #65A9A1 #7F65A9

split-complementary

#A9656D #65A97F #658FA9

monochromatic

#5F353A #864B52 #A9656D #BF8C92 #D5B4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#A9656D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#A9656D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9656D

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9656D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9656D	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71706D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B55E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9656d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 101, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.088 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c59296',
    500: '#a9656d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9656d;
$custom-light: #c59296;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9656d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 28.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58427,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9656D

secondary

#A6C4C0

accent

#C5B963

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F1F2

border

#D1CBCC

text

#130D0D

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9656D

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

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