#A85756#A85756

#A85756 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.107 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85756
RGB	rgb(168, 87, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.73, 33.01, 15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.73, 36.58, 25.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% 0.099 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.107 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2378, 15.8153, 10.7365)
Luminance	0.1581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85756 #56A7A8

analogous

#A8567E #A85756 #A88056

triadic

#A85756 #56A857 #5756A8

tetradic

#A85756 #7EA856 #56A7A8 #8056A8

square

#A85756 #7EA856 #56A7A8 #8056A8

split-complementary

#A85756 #56A880 #567EA8

monochromatic

#572D2D #804241 #A85756 #BD7F7E #D2A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#A85756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#A85756 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85756

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85756	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 87, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.107 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58885',
    500: '#a85756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85756;
$custom-light: #c58885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.732,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55342,
    "c": 0.10665,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85756

secondary

#9ABFBF

accent

#C7C85F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85756

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

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