#A97878#A97878

#A97878 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.062 H 19.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A97878
RGB	rgb(169, 120, 120)
HSL	hsl(0, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 29%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29%, 29%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 19.17, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 20.64, 21.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% 0.0584 0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.062 19)
XYZ	xyz(26.4694, 23.2255, 20.8544)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A97878 #78A9A9

analogous

#A97891 #A97878 #A99178

triadic

#A97878 #78A978 #7878A9

tetradic

#A97878 #91A978 #78A9A9 #9178A9

square

#A97878 #91A978 #78A9A9 #9178A9

split-complementary

#A97878 #78A991 #7891A9

monochromatic

#664141 #8B5959 #A97878 #C19D9D #D9C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#A97878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#A97878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A97878

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A97878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A97878	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817F78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B37378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a97878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 120, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.062 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49f9e',
    500: '#a97878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a97878;
$custom-light: #c49f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a97878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 22.172,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62199,
    "c": 0.06174,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.23224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A97878

secondary

#B4C8C8

accent

#BFBF69

background

#FCF9F9

surface

#F8F2F2

border

#D1CCCC

text

#130E0E

muted

#827E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A97878

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

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