#A8564F

sRGB · 168 / 86 / 79

#A8564F belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 168 red, 86 green and 79 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 4.7° lands in the red region. Its 36.0% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 48.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.11:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 168, 86, 79
HSL: 4.72°, 36.03%, 48.43%
HSV / HSB: 4.72°, 52.98%, 65.88%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 48.81%, 52.98%, 34.12%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 20.887, 15.546, 9.298
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 46.373, 32.879, 19.473
WCAG relative luminance: 0.15545
24-bit decimal: 11032143

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #A8564F in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.11:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.11:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#4FA1A8 sits half a turn (180°) from #A8564F on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#A8564F #4FA1A8

Analogous

#A84F75 and #A8834F sit 30° to either side of #A8564F. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A84F75 #A8564F #A8834F

Triadic

#A8564F, #4FA856 and #564FA8 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#A8564F #4FA856 #564FA8

Split complementary

Start at #A8564F and look across the wheel. #4FA882 and #4F75A8 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#A8564F #4FA882 #4F75A8

Square

Starting with #A8564F, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #74A84F, #4FA1A8, then #824FA8. Across the square, #A8564F pairs with #4FA1A8, and #74A84F with #824FA8.

#A8564F #74A84F #4FA1A8 #824FA8

Tetradic

#A8564F and #4FA1A8 are opposites, as are #A1A84F and #564FA8. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#A8564F #A1A84F #4FA1A8 #564FA8

Tints

Mixing #A8564F with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B97872, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEDDDC, the mixture is 80% white.

#A8564F #B97872 #CB9A95 #DCBBB9 #EEDDDC #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #A8564F with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #86453F, keeps 80% of the original. By #221110, the mixture is 80% black.

#A8564F #86453F #65342F #432220 #221110 #000000

Tones

Mixing #A8564F with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A05E59, keeps 80% of the original. By #887876, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#A8564F #A05E59 #986763 #906F6C #887876 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#A8564F

RGB

rgb(168 86 79)

HSL

hsl(4.719 36.032% 48.431%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #A8564F;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#A8564F uses 168 red, 86 green and 79 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 65.9%

Green 33.7%

Blue 31.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #A8564F is 0.0% cyan, 48.8% magenta, 53.0% yellow and 34.1% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 48.8%

Yellow 53.0%

Black 34.1%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA5555. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A55 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #A8564F when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996666, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #AA5555 Nearest web-safe · #996666

Gradient to complement

#A8564F #99635E #8A6F6D #7C7C7C #6D888A #5E9599 #4FA1A8

Color vision previews

Compare how #A8564F appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#69634E

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7D744D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#B64955

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#84614E

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#8B6B4E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A95552

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#6E6E6E

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#8F6360

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.39157 G 0.09306 B 0.07819

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.61685 G 0.35415 B 0.32202

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.33857 G 0.10297 B 0.08462

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.457 y 0.340 Y 15.546

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 34.118 M % 66.275 Y % 69.020

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101000 01010110 01001111