#A85138#A85138

#A85138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.121 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85138
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(13, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 33.77, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 45.94, 42.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.0968 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.121 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8065, 14.4976, 5.4959)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85138 #388FA8

analogous

#A83857 #A85138 #A88938

triadic

#A85138 #38A851 #5138A8

tetradic

#A85138 #57A838 #388FA8 #8938A8

square

#A85138 #57A838 #388FA8 #8938A8

split-complementary

#A85138 #38A889 #3857A8

monochromatic

#4C2519 #7A3B29 #A85138 #C76F56 #D69784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A85138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A85138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85138

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85138	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)

#685F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.121 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7846f',
    500: '#a85138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85138;
$custom-light: #c7846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.393,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53807,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85138

secondary

#7CB1C0

accent

#BADA4E

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85138

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

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