#A8553E#A8553E

#A8553E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.115 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8553E
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 62)
HSL	hsl(13, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.87, 32.04, 28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.87, 43.11, 41.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.0925 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.115 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2681, 15.1719, 6.4176)
Luminance	0.1517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8553E #3E91A8

analogous

#A83E5C #A8553E #A88A3E

triadic

#A8553E #3EA855 #553EA8

tetradic

#A8553E #5CA83E #3E91A8 #8A3EA8

square

#A8553E #5CA83E #3E91A8 #8A3EA8

split-complementary

#A8553E #3EA88A #3E5CA8

monochromatic

#4F281D #7B3E2E #A8553E #C4755F #D59C8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A8553E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A8553E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8553E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8553E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8553E	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)

#6A623C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8553e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.115 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78674',
    500: '#a8553e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8553e;
$custom-light: #c78674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8553e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.019,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54544,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8553E

secondary

#83B2BF

accent

#B9D652

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8553E

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

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