#A85C4E#A85C4E

#A85C4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.102 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85C4E
RGB	rgb(168, 92, 78)
HSL	hsl(9, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 29.54, 21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 36.70, 36.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.0873 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.102 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3522, 16.5313, 9.2726)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85C4E #4E9AA8

analogous

#A84E6D #A85C4E #A8894E

triadic

#A85C4E #4EA85C #5C4EA8

tetradic

#A85C4E #6DA84E #4E9AA8 #894EA8

square

#A85C4E #6DA84E #4E9AA8 #894EA8

split-complementary

#A85C4E #4EA889 #4E6DA8

monochromatic

#542E27 #7E453B #A85C4E #BF8075 #D2A69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#A85C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A85C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85C4E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85C4E	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B65059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 92, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.102 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c68b7f',
    500: '#a85c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85c4e;
$custom-light: #c68b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56001,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85C4E

secondary

#93B8BF

accent

#BBCD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85C4E

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