#A85562#A85562

#A85562 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.109 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85562
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 98)
HSL	hsl(351, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(351, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 41.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, 35.37, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 36.33, 13.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.32% 0.1072 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(55.32% 0.109 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6028, 15.7058, 13.4467)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85562 #55A89B

analogous

#A8558C #A85562 #A87155

triadic

#A85562 #62A855 #5562A8

tetradic

#A85562 #8CA855 #55A89B #7155A8

square

#A85562 #8CA855 #55A89B #7155A8

split-complementary

#A85562 #55A871 #558CA8

monochromatic

#572C33 #7F404A #A85562 #BD7D87 #D2A6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A85562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A85562 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85562

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85562	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.109 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5878e',
    500: '#a85562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85562;
$custom-light: #c5878e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.602,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55323,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85562

secondary

#99BFB9

accent

#C9B85F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85562

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

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