#A85238#A85238

#A85238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.120 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85238
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(14, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.15, 33.24, 31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.15, 45.73, 43.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.0952 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.12 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8813, 14.6473, 5.5209)
Luminance	0.1464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85238 #388EA8

analogous

#A83856 #A85238 #A88A38

triadic

#A85238 #38A852 #5238A8

tetradic

#A85238 #56A838 #388EA8 #8A38A8

square

#A85238 #56A838 #388EA8 #8A38A8

split-complementary

#A85238 #38A88A #3856A8

monochromatic

#4C2519 #7A3C29 #A85238 #C77056 #D69784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#A85238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#A85238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85238

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85238	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.120 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7846f',
    500: '#a85238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85238;
$custom-light: #c7846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.929,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53966,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85238

secondary

#7CB0C0

accent

#B9DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85238

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

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