#A8504E#A8504E

#A8504E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.117 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8504E
RGB	rgb(168, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.10, 35.97, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.10, 40.39, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1072 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.117 23)
XYZ	xyz(20.3938, 14.6145, 8.9531)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8504E #4EA6A8

analogous

#A84E79 #A8504E #A87D4E

triadic

#A8504E #4EA850 #504EA8

tetradic

#A8504E #79A84E #4EA6A8 #7D4EA8

square

#A8504E #79A84E #4EA6A8 #7D4EA8

split-complementary

#A8504E #4EA87D #4E79A8

monochromatic

#542827 #7E3C3B #A8504E #BF7675 #D29F9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A8504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A8504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8504E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8504E	1.00	5.35	3.92	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.117 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6837f',
    500: '#a8504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8504e;
$custom-light: #c6837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54051,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.14612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8504E

secondary

#93BEBF

accent

#CACD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8504E

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

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