#A85656#A85656

#A85656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.108 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85656
RGB	rgb(168, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.52, 33.55, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.52, 36.94, 24.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.1007 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.108 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1574, 15.6545, 10.7097)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85656 #56A8A8

analogous

#A8567F #A85656 #A87F56

triadic

#A85656 #56A856 #5656A8

tetradic

#A85656 #7FA856 #56A8A8 #7F56A8

square

#A85656 #7FA856 #56A8A8 #7F56A8

split-complementary

#A85656 #56A87F #567FA8

monochromatic

#572D2D #804141 #A85656 #BD7E7E #D2A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#A85656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#A85656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85656

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85656	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.108 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58785',
    500: '#a85656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85656;
$custom-light: #c58785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5518,
    "c": 0.10794,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85656

secondary

#9ABFBF

accent

#C8C85F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85656

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

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