#A85236#A85236

#A85236 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.121 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85236
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.12, 33.12, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.12, 46.40, 44.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.0944 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.121 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8334, 14.6281, 5.2684)
Luminance	0.1463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85236 #368CA8

analogous

#A83653 #A85236 #A88B36

triadic

#A85236 #36A852 #5236A8

tetradic

#A85236 #53A836 #368CA8 #8B36A8

square

#A85236 #53A836 #368CA8 #8B36A8

split-complementary

#A85236 #36A88B #3653A8

monochromatic

#4B2518 #7A3B27 #A85236 #C87053 #D79782

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.35

#A85236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A85236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85236

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85236	1.00	5.35	3.93	5.35
#FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8414C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.121 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7846e',
    500: '#a85236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85236;
$custom-light: #c7846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.737,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53937,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85236

secondary

#7AAFC0

accent

#B8DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85236

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

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