#A85151#A85151

#A85151 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.115 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85151
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 51.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 35.72, 16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 39.52, 25.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1068 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.115 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5776, 14.8060, 9.5572)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85151 #51A8A8

analogous

#A8517D #A85151 #A87D51

triadic

#A85151 #51A851 #5151A8

tetradic

#A85151 #7DA851 #51A8A8 #7D51A8

square

#A85151 #7DA851 #51A8A8 #7D51A8

split-complementary

#A85151 #51A87D #517DA8

monochromatic

#552929 #7F3D3D #A85151 #BE7878 #D2A1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#A85151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#A85151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85151

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85151	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.115 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68481',
    500: '#a85151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85151;
$custom-light: #c68481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54272,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85151

secondary

#96BFBF

accent

#CBCB5D

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85151

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

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