#A85553#A85553

#A85553 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.110 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85553
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 50.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 33.79, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 37.78, 26.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.1011 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.11 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9597, 15.4486, 10.0600)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85553 #53A6A8

analogous

#A8537C #A85553 #A88053

triadic

#A85553 #53A855 #5553A8

tetradic

#A85553 #7CA853 #53A6A8 #8053A8

square

#A85553 #7CA853 #53A6A8 #8053A8

split-complementary

#A85553 #53A880 #537CA8

monochromatic

#562C2B #7F403F #A85553 #BE7C7B #D2A5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#A85553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#A85553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85553

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85553	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)

#686352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.110 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68783',
    500: '#a85553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85553;
$custom-light: #c68783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.412,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5495,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85553

secondary

#98BEBF

accent

#C7CA5E

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85553

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

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