#A85142#A85142

#A85142 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.118 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85142
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 34.46, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 42.88, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.1007 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.118 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0759, 14.6054, 6.9151)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85142 #4299A8

analogous

#A84266 #A85142 #A88442

triadic

#A85142 #42A851 #5142A8

tetradic

#A85142 #66A842 #4299A8 #8442A8

square

#A85142 #66A842 #4299A8 #8442A8

split-complementary

#A85142 #42A884 #4266A8

monochromatic

#50271F #7C3C31 #A85142 #C27365 #D49B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#A85142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#A85142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85142

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85142	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)

#675F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.118 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78476',
    500: '#a85142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85142;
$custom-light: #c78476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5397,
    "c": 0.11787,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85142

secondary

#87B7BF

accent

#C1D354

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85142

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

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