#A85A4E#A85A4E

#A85A4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.105 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85A4E
RGB	rgb(168, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(8, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.4%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 30.63, 21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 37.25, 34.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% 0.0907 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.105 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1812, 16.1894, 9.2156)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85A4E #4E9CA8

analogous

#A84E6F #A85A4E #A8874E

triadic

#A85A4E #4EA85A #5A4EA8

tetradic

#A85A4E #6FA84E #4E9CA8 #874EA8

square

#A85A4E #6FA84E #4E9CA8 #874EA8

split-complementary

#A85A4E #4EA887 #4E6FA8

monochromatic

#542D27 #7E443B #A85A4E #BF7E75 #D2A59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#A85A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#A85A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85A4E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85A4E	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80764D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.105 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68a7f',
    500: '#a85a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85a4e;
$custom-light: #c68a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55664,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85A4E

secondary

#93B9BF

accent

#BDCD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85A4E

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

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