#A85561#A85561

#A85561 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.109 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85561
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(351, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 42.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 35.26, 8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 36.36, 14.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.1068 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.109 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5559, 15.6870, 13.1996)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85561 #55A89C

analogous

#A8558B #A85561 #A87355

triadic

#A85561 #61A855 #5561A8

tetradic

#A85561 #8BA855 #55A89C #7355A8

square

#A85561 #8BA855 #55A89C #7355A8

split-complementary

#A85561 #55A873 #558BA8

monochromatic

#572C32 #7F404A #A85561 #BD7D86 #D2A6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A85561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A85561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85561

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85561	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A755F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.109 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5878d',
    500: '#a85561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85561;
$custom-light: #c5878d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.325,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55296,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85561

secondary

#99BFBA

accent

#C9BA5F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85561

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

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