#A85357#A85357

#A85357 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.112 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85357
RGB	rgb(168, 83, 87)
HSL	hsl(357, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 48.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 35.25, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 37.94, 21.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.106 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.112 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9634, 15.2017, 10.8452)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85357 #53A8A4

analogous

#A85382 #A85357 #A87A53

triadic

#A85357 #57A853 #5357A8

tetradic

#A85357 #82A853 #53A8A4 #7A53A8

square

#A85357 #82A853 #53A8A4 #7A53A8

split-complementary

#A85357 #53A87A #5382A8

monochromatic

#562B2D #7F3F42 #A85357 #BE7B7E #D2A4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#A85357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#A85357 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85357

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85357	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 83, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.112 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68586',
    500: '#a85357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85357;
$custom-light: #c68586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.176,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54725,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85357

secondary

#98BFBD

accent

#CAC55E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFEF

border

#D2CACA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85357

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

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