#A8636C#A8636C

#A8636C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8636C
RGB	rgb(168, 99, 108)
HSL	hsl(352, 28%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(352, 41%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 35.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 28.97, 7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 29.80, 13.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.0878 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.09 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3180, 18.3331, 16.4950)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8636C #63A89F

analogous

#A8638F #A8636C #A87D63

triadic

#A8636C #6CA863 #636CA8

tetradic

#A8636C #8FA863 #63A89F #7D63A8

square

#A8636C #8FA863 #63A89F #7D63A8

split-complementary

#A8636C #63A87D #638FA8

monochromatic

#5D3439 #844A51 #A8636C #BE8A91 #D4B2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#A8636C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#A8636C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8636C

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8636C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8636C	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807C6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B45C66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8636c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 99, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c49096',
    500: '#a8636c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8636c;
$custom-light: #c49096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8636c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.174,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57923,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8636C

secondary

#A4C2BF

accent

#C5B863

background

#FCF8F9

surface

#F8F0F1

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130D0D

muted

#827D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8636C

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

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