#A85137#A85137

#A85137 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.121 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85137
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 33.71, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 46.27, 43.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.79% 0.0964 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(53.79% 0.121 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7822, 14.4879, 5.3684)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85137 #378EA8

analogous

#A83755 #A85137 #A88937

triadic

#A85137 #37A851 #5137A8

tetradic

#A85137 #55A837 #378EA8 #8937A8

square

#A85137 #55A837 #378EA8 #8937A8

split-complementary

#A85137 #37A889 #3755A8

monochromatic

#4C2519 #7A3B28 #A85137 #C76F55 #D69683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A85137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A85137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85137

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85137	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)

#685F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.121 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7846e',
    500: '#a85137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85137;
$custom-light: #c7846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.805,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53792,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85137

secondary

#7BB0C0

accent

#BADA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85137

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

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