#A8535E#A8535E

#A8535E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.112 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8535E
RGB	rgb(168, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(352, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(352, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 44%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.07, 35.98, 10.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.07, 37.35, 15.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% 0.1089 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.112 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2634, 15.3217, 12.4251)
Luminance	0.1532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8535E #53A89D

analogous

#A85389 #A8535E #A87353

triadic

#A8535E #5EA853 #535EA8

tetradic

#A8535E #89A853 #53A89D #7353A8

square

#A8535E #89A853 #53A89D #7353A8

split-complementary

#A8535E #53A873 #5389A8

monochromatic

#562B30 #7F3F47 #A8535E #BE7B83 #D2A4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A8535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#A8535E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8535E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8535E	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)

#64635E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79745C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.112 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5868b',
    500: '#a8535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8535e;
$custom-light: #c5868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.235,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54901,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8535E

secondary

#98BFBA

accent

#CABC5E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFF0

border

#D1CACB

text

#130B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8535E

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

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