#A9717A#A9717A

#A9717A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.072 H 8.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9717A
RGB	rgb(169, 113, 122)
HSL	hsl(350, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(350, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 27.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 23.42, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 23.78, 9.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.071 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.072 8.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7808, 21.6520, 21.2299)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9717A #71A9A0

analogous

#A97196 #A9717A #A98471

triadic

#A9717A #7AA971 #717AA9

tetradic

#A9717A #96A971 #71A9A0 #8471A9

square

#A9717A #96A971 #71A9A0 #8471A9

split-complementary

#A9717A #71A984 #7196A9

monochromatic

#633C43 #8A535C #A9717A #C0979E #D7BDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#A9717A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#A9717A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9717A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9717A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9717A	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9717a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 113, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.072 8.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49aa0',
    500: '#a9717a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9717a;
$custom-light: #c49aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9717a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.357,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60947,
    "c": 0.07183,
    "h": 8.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9717A

secondary

#AFC7C3

accent

#C1B267

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9717A

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

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