#A8553A#A8553A

#A8553A is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.116 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8553A
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 58)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.81, 31.77, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.81, 44.43, 44.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.091 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.116 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1624, 15.1296, 5.8607)
Luminance	0.1513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8553A #3A8DA8

analogous

#A83A56 #A8553A #A88C3A

triadic

#A8553A #3AA855 #553AA8

tetradic

#A8553A #56A83A #3A8DA8 #8C3AA8

square

#A8553A #56A83A #3A8DA8 #8C3AA8

split-complementary

#A8553A #3AA88C #3A56A8

monochromatic

#4D271B #7B3E2A #A8553A #C67459 #D69A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A8553A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A8553A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8553A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8553A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8553A	1.00	5.22	4.03	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8454F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8553a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.116 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78671',
    500: '#a8553a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8553a;
$custom-light: #c78671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8553a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.727,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54481,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8553A

secondary

#7EB0C0

accent

#B7D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8553A

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

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