#A85552#A85552

#A85552 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.110 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85552
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(2, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 51.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 33.70, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 37.96, 27.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.1007 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.11 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9214, 15.4332, 9.8581)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85552 #52A5A8

analogous

#A8527A #A85552 #A88052

triadic

#A85552 #52A855 #5552A8

tetradic

#A85552 #7AA852 #52A5A8 #8052A8

square

#A85552 #7AA852 #52A5A8 #8052A8

split-complementary

#A85552 #52A880 #527AA8

monochromatic

#562B2A #7F403E #A85552 #BE7C79 #D2A4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#A85552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#A85552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85552

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85552	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.110 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68782',
    500: '#a85552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85552;
$custom-light: #c68782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.093,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54928,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85552

secondary

#97BEBF

accent

#C7CA5D

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85552

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

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