HEX Color #A05050 (Indianred)

About #A05050

When working with digital screens, the color #A05050 is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Indianred. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 160, 80, and 80.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 50% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 0.0 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

From a UX and accessibility standpoint, contrast is paramount. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A05050

RGB160, 80, 80

HSL0.0°, 33.3%, 47.1%

CMYK0%, 50%, 50%, 37%

HSV0.0°, 50.0%, 62.7%

LAB43.9, 33.1, 15.4

XYZ18.8, 13.8, 9.3

Decimal10506320

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A05050 #509F9F

Analogous

#9F5078 #9F7750

Triadic

#509F50 #50509F

Tetradic

#789F50 #509F9F #77509F

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A05050

#AA6363

#B57676

#BF8A8A

#CA9D9D

#D4B1B1

#DFC4C4

#E9D8D8

#F4EBEB

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A05050

#8E4747

#7C3E3E

#6A3535

#582C2C

#472323

#351A1A

#231111

#110808

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.59:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.76:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

5.34:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.19:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A05050; }

.text-color { color: #A05050; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A05050; }

Similar Colors

Indianred

#CD5C5C