#A85140#A85140

#A85140 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.118 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85140
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 34.31, 26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 43.45, 37.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.0999 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.118 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0180, 14.5822, 6.6100)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85140 #4097A8

analogous

#A84063 #A85140 #A88540

triadic

#A85140 #40A851 #5140A8

tetradic

#A85140 #63A840 #4097A8 #8540A8

square

#A85140 #63A840 #4097A8 #8540A8

split-complementary

#A85140 #40A885 #4063A8

monochromatic

#4F261E #7C3C2F #A85140 #C37262 #D49A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A85140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A85140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85140

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85140	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C723E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7414D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.118 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78475',
    500: '#a85140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85140;
$custom-light: #c78475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.808,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53935,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85140

secondary

#85B6BF

accent

#BFD553

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85140

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

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