#A85550#A85550

#A85550 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.110 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85550
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(3, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 52.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 33.51, 18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 38.33, 29.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% 0.0998 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.11 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.8464, 15.4032, 9.4631)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85550 #50A3A8

analogous

#A85077 #A85550 #A88150

triadic

#A85550 #50A855 #5550A8

tetradic

#A85550 #77A850 #50A3A8 #8150A8

square

#A85550 #77A850 #50A3A8 #8150A8

split-complementary

#A85550 #50A881 #5077A8

monochromatic

#552B29 #7F403C #A85550 #BE7B77 #D2A3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#A85550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#A85550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85550

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85550	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68634F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.110 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68781',
    500: '#a85550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85550;
$custom-light: #c68781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.409,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54884,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85550

secondary

#95BDBF

accent

#C5CC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFEE

border

#D2CAC9

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85550

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

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