#A85545#A85545

#A85545 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.113 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85545
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(10, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(10, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 58.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 32.57, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 40.99, 37.40°)
OKLab	oklab(54.67% 0.0953 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(54.67% 0.113 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4727, 15.2538, 7.4952)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85545 #4598A8

analogous

#A84567 #A85545 #A88745

triadic

#A85545 #45A855 #5545A8

tetradic

#A85545 #67A845 #4598A8 #8745A8

square

#A85545 #67A845 #4598A8 #8745A8

split-complementary

#A85545 #45A887 #4567A8

monochromatic

#512921 #7D3F33 #A85545 #C17769 #D39E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#A85545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#A85545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85545

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85545	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.113 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68679',
    500: '#a85545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85545;
$custom-light: #c68679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.697,
    "s": 41.772,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54665,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85545

secondary

#8AB6BF

accent

#BED256

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85545

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

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