#A85A48#A85A48

#A85A48 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.106 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A48
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 72)
HSL	hsl(11, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 57%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 57.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 30.11, 24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 38.87, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.0882 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.106 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9759, 16.1072, 8.1340)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A48 #4896A8

analogous

#A84866 #A85A48 #A88A48

triadic

#A85A48 #48A85A #5A48A8

tetradic

#A85A48 #66A848 #4896A8 #8A48A8

square

#A85A48 #66A848 #4896A8 #8A48A8

split-complementary

#A85A48 #48A88A #4866A8

monochromatic

#522C23 #7D4336 #A85A48 #C07D6D #D3A398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#A85A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#A85A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A48

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A48	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B74D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.106 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68a7b',
    500: '#a85a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a48;
$custom-light: #c68a7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55547,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A48

secondary

#8DB5BF

accent

#B9D058

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#140C09

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A48

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

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