#A8534B#A8534B

#A8534B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.113 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8534B
RGB	rgb(168, 83, 75)
HSL	hsl(5, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 55.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 34.13, 20.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 40.03, 31.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1011 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.113 27)
XYZ	xyz(20.5133, 15.0216, 8.4744)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8534B #4BA0A8

analogous

#A84B72 #A8534B #A8814B

triadic

#A8534B #4BA853 #534BA8

tetradic

#A8534B #72A84B #4BA0A8 #814BA8

square

#A8534B #72A84B #4BA0A8 #814BA8

split-complementary

#A8534B #4BA881 #4B72A8

monochromatic

#532925 #7E3E38 #A8534B #BF7771 #D2A09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#A8534B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#A8534B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8534B

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8534B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8534B	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67614A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8534b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 83, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.113 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6857d',
    500: '#a8534b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8534b;
$custom-light: #c6857d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8534b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.161,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54459,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8534B

secondary

#90BBBF

accent

#C4CE5A

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#140B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8534B

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

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