#A85243#A85243

#A85243 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.117 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85243
RGB	rgb(168, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.31, 34.01, 25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.31, 42.34, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.0995 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.117 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1805, 14.7670, 7.0967)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85243 #4399A8

analogous

#A84366 #A85243 #A88443

triadic

#A85243 #43A852 #5243A8

tetradic

#A85243 #66A843 #4399A8 #8443A8

square

#A85243 #66A843 #4399A8 #8443A8

split-complementary

#A85243 #43A884 #4366A8

monochromatic

#502720 #7C3D32 #A85243 #C27466 #D39C92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#A85243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#A85243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85243

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85243	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7434F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.117 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78577',
    500: '#a85243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85243;
$custom-light: #c78577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.911,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54146,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85243

secondary

#88B7BF

accent

#C0D355

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85243

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

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