#A85565#A85565

#A85565 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.110 H 9.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85565
RGB	rgb(168, 85, 101)
HSL	hsl(348, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(348, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 39.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.66, 35.72, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.66, 36.32, 10.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.1084 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.11 9.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7471, 15.7635, 14.2067)
Luminance	0.1576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85565 #55A898

analogous

#A8558E #A85565 #A86F55

triadic

#A85565 #65A855 #5565A8

tetradic

#A85565 #8EA855 #55A898 #6F55A8

square

#A85565 #8EA855 #55A898 #6F55A8

split-complementary

#A85565 #55A86F #558EA8

monochromatic

#572C34 #7F404D #A85565 #BD7D89 #D2A6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#A85565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A85565 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85565

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85565	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 85, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.110 9.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58790',
    500: '#a85565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85565;
$custom-light: #c58790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.434,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55406,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 9.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85565

secondary

#99BFB8

accent

#C9B45F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85565

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

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