#A85155#A85155

#A85155 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.115 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85155
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.45, 36.10, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.45, 38.95, 22.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.1085 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.115 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7320, 14.8678, 10.3705)
Luminance	0.1487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85155 #51A8A4

analogous

#A85181 #A85155 #A87951

triadic

#A85155 #55A851 #5155A8

tetradic

#A85155 #81A851 #51A8A4 #7951A8

square

#A85155 #81A851 #51A8A4 #7951A8

split-complementary

#A85155 #51A879 #5181A8

monochromatic

#55292B #7F3D40 #A85155 #BE787B #D2A1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A85155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A85155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85155

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85155	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.115 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68484',
    500: '#a85155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85155;
$custom-light: #c68484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.241,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54365,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85155

secondary

#96BFBD

accent

#CBC65D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85155

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

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