#855A4E#855A4E

#855A4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.060 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855A4E
RGB	rgb(133, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(13, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 41.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.54, 16.11, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.54, 21.40, 41.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.0487 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.06 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7048, 12.8500, 8.9120)
Luminance	0.1285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855A4E #4E7985

analogous

#854E5E #855A4E #85764E

triadic

#855A4E #4E855A #5A4E85

tetradic

#855A4E #5E854E #4E7985 #764E85

square

#855A4E #5E854E #4E7985 #764E85

split-complementary

#855A4E #4E8576 #4E5E85

monochromatic

#382621 #5E4037 #855A4E #A77769 #BE9A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#855A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#855A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855A4E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855A4E	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E684E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.060 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa897f',
    500: '#855a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855a4e;
$custom-light: #aa897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.091,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5107,
    "c": 0.06033,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855A4E

secondary

#84A2AA

accent

#AEC265

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F4F0EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100B0A

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #855A4E

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

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