#85535B#85535B

#85535B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.068 H 9.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#85535B
RGB	rgb(133, 83, 91)
HSL	hsl(350, 23%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 38%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 31.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.10, 21.98, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.10, 22.36, 10.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% 0.0666 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.068 9.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6549, 11.9294, 11.4262)
Luminance	0.1193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#85535B #53857D

analogous

#855374 #85535B #856453

triadic

#85535B #5B8553 #535B85

tetradic

#85535B #748553 #53857D #645385

square

#85535B #748553 #53857D #645385

split-complementary

#85535B #538564 #537485

monochromatic

#3A2427 #5F3B41 #85535B #A67078 #BD959C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#85535B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#85535B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #85535B

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##85535B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##85535B	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67655A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E4F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #85535b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 83, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.068 9.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa8489',
    500: '#85535b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #85535b;
$custom-light: #aa8489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#85535b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.4,
    "s": 23.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50073,
    "c": 0.06753,
    "h": 9.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#85535B

secondary

#8AAAA5

accent

#C0B268

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4EFF0

border

#CECACB

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #85535B

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

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