#A8554E#A8554E

#A8554E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.110 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8554E
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(5, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.14, 33.33, 19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.14, 38.75, 30.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.099 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.11 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7736, 15.3741, 9.0798)
Luminance	0.1537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8554E #4EA1A8

analogous

#A84E74 #A8554E #A8824E

triadic

#A8554E #4EA855 #554EA8

tetradic

#A8554E #74A84E #4EA1A8 #824EA8

square

#A8554E #74A84E #4EA1A8 #824EA8

split-complementary

#A8554E #4EA882 #4E74A8

monochromatic

#542B27 #7E403B #A8554E #BF7A75 #D2A29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#A8554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A8554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8554E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8554E	1.00	5.15	4.07	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.110 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6877f',
    500: '#a8554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8554e;
$custom-light: #c6877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54841,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8554E

secondary

#93BCBF

accent

#C4CD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8554E

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

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