#A85E4E#A85E4E

#A85E4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.100 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A85E4E
RGB	rgb(168, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(11, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 28.44, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 36.18, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.0839 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.1 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5278, 16.8824, 9.3311)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A85E4E #4E98A8

analogous

#A84E6B #A85E4E #A88B4E

triadic

#A85E4E #4EA85E #5E4EA8

tetradic

#A85E4E #6BA84E #4E98A8 #8B4EA8

square

#A85E4E #6BA84E #4E98A8 #8B4EA8

split-complementary

#A85E4E #4EA88B #4E6BA8

monochromatic

#542F27 #7E473B #A85E4E #BF8275 #D2A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#A85E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A85E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A85E4E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A85E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A85E4E	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70694D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a85e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.100 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58d7f',
    500: '#a85e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a85e4e;
$custom-light: #c58d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a85e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56344,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A85E4E

secondary

#93B7BF

accent

#B8CD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A85E4E

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

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