#855A56#855A56

#855A56 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.058 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855A56
RGB	rgb(133, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 21%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(5, 35%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 35.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.72, 17.15, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.72, 19.60, 28.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0521 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.058 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0092, 12.9717, 10.5155)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855A56 #568185

analogous

#855669 #855A56 #857156

triadic

#855A56 #56855A #5A5685

tetradic

#855A56 #698556 #568185 #715685

square

#855A56 #698556 #568185 #715685

split-complementary

#855A56 #568571 #566985

monochromatic

#3B2826 #60413E #855A56 #A57873 #BD9C99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#855A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#855A56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855A56

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855A56	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.058 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa8985',
    500: '#855a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855a56;
$custom-light: #aa8985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.106,
    "s": 21.461,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51273,
    "c": 0.05761,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855A56

secondary

#8CA8AA

accent

#B7BE6A

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0EF

border

#CECBCA

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #855A56

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

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