#855A5F#855A5F

#855A5F is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.057 H 11.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855A5F
RGB	rgb(133, 90, 95)
HSL	hsl(353, 19%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 32%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 28.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, 18.45, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 18.95, 13.17°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.056 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.057 11.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3950, 13.1260, 12.5470)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855A5F #5A8580

analogous

#855A74 #855A5F #856A5A

triadic

#855A5F #5F855A #5A5F85

tetradic

#855A5F #74855A #5A8580 #6A5A85

square

#855A5F #74855A #5A8580 #6A5A85

split-complementary

#855A5F #5A856A #5A7485

monochromatic

#3C292B #604145 #855A5F #A4787D #BD9DA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#855A5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#855A5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855A5F

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855A5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855A5F	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61615F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B695E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D565C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855a5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 90, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.057 11.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9898c',
    500: '#855a5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855a5f;
$custom-light: #a9898c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855a5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.023,
    "s": 19.283,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51528,
    "c": 0.05714,
    "h": 11.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855A5F

secondary

#90ABA8

accent

#BCB36C

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0F0

border

#CECBCB

text

#100B0C

muted

#7F7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #855A5F

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

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