#A85555#A85555

#A85555 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.109 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85555
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, 33.99, 15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 37.46, 24.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.1019 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.109 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0381, 15.4799, 10.4725)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85555 #55A8A8

analogous

#A8557F #A85555 #A87F55

triadic

#A85555 #55A855 #5555A8

tetradic

#A85555 #7FA855 #55A8A8 #7F55A8

square

#A85555 #7FA855 #55A8A8 #7F55A8

split-complementary

#A85555 #55A87F #557FA8

monochromatic

#572C2C #7F4040 #A85555 #BD7D7D #D2A6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#A85555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A85555 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85555

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85555	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.109 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68784',
    500: '#a85555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85555;
$custom-light: #c68784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54996,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85555

secondary

#99BFBF

accent

#C9C95F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0EF

border

#D2CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85555

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

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