#A85156#A85156

#A85156 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.115 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85156
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(357, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.47, 36.20, 14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.47, 38.82, 21.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% 0.1089 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.115 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7720, 14.8838, 10.5812)
Luminance	0.1488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85156 #51A8A3

analogous

#A85182 #A85156 #A87851

triadic

#A85156 #56A851 #5156A8

tetradic

#A85156 #82A851 #51A8A3 #7851A8

square

#A85156 #82A851 #51A8A3 #7851A8

split-complementary

#A85156 #51A878 #5182A8

monochromatic

#55292C #7F3D41 #A85156 #BE787C #D2A1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#A85156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A85156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85156

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85156	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.115 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68485',
    500: '#a85156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85156;
$custom-light: #c68485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.552,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54388,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85156

secondary

#96BFBD

accent

#CBC55D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85156

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

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