#A85557#A85557

#A85557 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.109 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85557
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 48.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 34.19, 14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 37.17, 23.13°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1027 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.109 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1186, 15.5121, 10.8969)
Luminance	0.1551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85557 #55A8A6

analogous

#A85581 #A85557 #A87D55

triadic

#A85557 #57A855 #5557A8

tetradic

#A85557 #81A855 #55A8A6 #7D55A8

square

#A85557 #81A855 #55A8A6 #7D55A8

split-complementary

#A85557 #55A87D #5581A8

monochromatic

#572C2D #7F4042 #A85557 #BD7D7F #D2A6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#A85557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A85557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85557

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85557	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.109 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58786',
    500: '#a85557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85557;
$custom-light: #c58786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.554,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55043,
    "c": 0.10916,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85557

secondary

#99BFBE

accent

#C9C65F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85557

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

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