HEX Color #A85042 (Sienna)

About #A85042

The precise color #A85042 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Sienna. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 80 green, and 66 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. The color uses 0% Cyan, 52% Magenta, 61% Yellow, and 34% Black. With a hue angle of 8.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the red spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #FFFFFF text. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A85042

RGB168, 80, 66

HSL8.2°, 43.6%, 45.9%

CMYK0%, 52%, 61%, 34%

HSV8.2°, 60.7%, 65.9%

LAB44.9, 35.0, 25.3

XYZ20.0, 14.5, 6.9

Decimal11030594

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A85042 #419AA8

Analogous

#A84166 #A88341

Triadic

#41A84F #4F41A8

Tetradic

#67A841 #419AA8 #8341A8

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A85042

#B16357

#BB766C

#C58A81

#CE9D96

#D8B1AB

#E2C4C0

#EBD8D5

#F5EBEA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A85042

#95473A

#823E33

#70352C

#5D2C24

#4A231D

#381A16

#25110E

#120807

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

5.40:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AA

3.89:1

Text on #000000

AA Large

5.16:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AA

3.31:1

Text on #0F172A

AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A85042; }

.text-color { color: #A85042; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A85042; }

Similar Colors

Sienna

#A0522D