#A8553C#A8553C

#A8553C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.116 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8553C
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 60)
HSL	hsl(14, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 31.90, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 43.76, 43.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.0918 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.116 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2143, 15.1504, 6.1339)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8553C #3C8FA8

analogous

#A83C59 #A8553C #A88B3C

triadic

#A8553C #3CA855 #553CA8

tetradic

#A8553C #59A83C #3C8FA8 #8B3CA8

square

#A8553C #59A83C #3C8FA8 #8B3CA8

split-complementary

#A8553C #3CA88B #3C59A8

monochromatic

#4E271C #7B3E2C #A8553C #C5755C #D59B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A8553C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A8553C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8553C

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8553C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8553C	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B613A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F733B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8464F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8553c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.116 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78672',
    500: '#a8553c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8553c;
$custom-light: #c78672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8553c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.889,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54512,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8553C

secondary

#80B1BF

accent

#B8D751

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8553C

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

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