#A8535C#A8535C

#A8535C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.112 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8535C
RGB	rgb(168, 83, 92)
HSL	hsl(354, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 45.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 35.76, 11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 37.46, 17.33°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1081 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.112 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1748, 15.2862, 11.9585)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8535C #53A89F

analogous

#A85387 #A8535C #A87553

triadic

#A8535C #5CA853 #535CA8

tetradic

#A8535C #87A853 #53A89F #7553A8

square

#A8535C #87A853 #53A89F #7553A8

split-complementary

#A8535C #53A875 #5387A8

monochromatic

#562B2F #7F3F46 #A8535C #BE7B82 #D2A4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#A8535C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A8535C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8535C

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8535C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8535C	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64635C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A735A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8535c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 83, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.112 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5868a',
    500: '#a8535c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8535c;
$custom-light: #c5868a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8535c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.647,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54849,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8535C

secondary

#98BFBB

accent

#CABF5E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFF0

border

#D1CACB

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8535C

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

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