#A9717C#A9717C

#A9717C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.072 H 6.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9717C
RGB	rgb(169, 113, 124)
HSL	hsl(348, 25%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(348, 33%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.1%, 26.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 23.71, 3.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 23.90, 7.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% 0.0718 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.072 6.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9060, 21.7021, 21.8893)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9717C #71A99E

analogous

#A97198 #A9717C #A98271

triadic

#A9717C #7CA971 #717CA9

tetradic

#A9717C #98A971 #71A99E #8271A9

square

#A9717C #98A971 #71A99E #8271A9

split-complementary

#A9717C #71A982 #7198A9

monochromatic

#633C44 #8A535E #A9717C #C0979F #D7BDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#A9717C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#A9717C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9717C

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9717C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9717C	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87847B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9717c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 113, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.072 6.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49aa1',
    500: '#a9717c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9717c;
$custom-light: #c49aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9717c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.214,
    "s": 24.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61006,
    "c": 0.07222,
    "h": 6.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9717C

secondary

#AFC7C2

accent

#C1AF67

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0F

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9717C

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

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