#A85136#A85136

#A85136 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.122 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85136
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(14, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 33.64, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 46.61, 43.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.78% 0.096 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(53.78% 0.122 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7585, 14.4784, 5.2434)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85136 #368DA8

analogous

#A83654 #A85136 #A88A36

triadic

#A85136 #36A851 #5136A8

tetradic

#A85136 #54A836 #368DA8 #8A36A8

square

#A85136 #54A836 #368DA8 #8A36A8

split-complementary

#A85136 #36A88A #3654A8

monochromatic

#4B2418 #7A3B27 #A85136 #C86F53 #D79682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A85136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A85136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85136

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85136	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.122 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7846e',
    500: '#a85136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85136;
$custom-light: #c7846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.211,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53778,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85136

secondary

#7AAFC0

accent

#B9DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85136

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

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