#A85559#A85559

#A85559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.109 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85559
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 34.39, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 36.93, 21.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.1035 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.109 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2015, 15.5453, 11.3332)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85559 #55A8A4

analogous

#A85583 #A85559 #A87A55

triadic

#A85559 #59A855 #5559A8

tetradic

#A85559 #83A855 #55A8A4 #7A55A8

square

#A85559 #83A855 #55A8A4 #7A55A8

split-complementary

#A85559 #55A87A #5583A8

monochromatic

#572C2E #7F4043 #A85559 #BD7D80 #D2A6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A85559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A85559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85559

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85559	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.109 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58787',
    500: '#a85559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85559;
$custom-light: #c58787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.108,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55091,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85559

secondary

#99BFBE

accent

#C9C45F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85559

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

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