#A8535D#A8535D

#A8535D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.112 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8535D
RGB	rgb(168, 83, 93)
HSL	hsl(353, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 44.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 35.87, 10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 37.40, 16.44°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% 0.1085 0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.112 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2188, 15.3038, 12.1903)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8535D #53A89E

analogous

#A85388 #A8535D #A87453

triadic

#A8535D #5DA853 #535DA8

tetradic

#A8535D #88A853 #53A89E #7453A8

square

#A8535D #88A853 #53A89E #7453A8

split-complementary

#A8535D #53A874 #5388A8

monochromatic

#562B30 #7F3F46 #A8535D #BE7B82 #D2A4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A8535D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A8535D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8535D

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8535D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8535D	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64635D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A735B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8535d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 83, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.112 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5868a',
    500: '#a8535d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8535d;
$custom-light: #c5868a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8535d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54875,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8535D

secondary

#98BFBB

accent

#CABD5E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFF0

border

#D1CACB

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8535D

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

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