#855B4E#855B4E

#855B4E is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.059 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855B4E
RGB	rgb(133, 91, 78)
HSL	hsl(14, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 41.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 15.51, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 21.19, 42.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.27% 0.0469 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(51.27% 0.059 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7897, 13.0198, 8.9404)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855B4E #4E7885

analogous

#854E5D #855B4E #85774E

triadic

#855B4E #4E855B #5B4E85

tetradic

#855B4E #5D854E #4E7885 #774E85

square

#855B4E #5D854E #4E7885 #774E85

split-complementary

#855B4E #4E8577 #4E5D85

monochromatic

#382621 #5E4137 #855B4E #A77869 #BE9B90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#855B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#855B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855B4E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855B4E	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 91, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.059 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa897f',
    500: '#855b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855b4e;
$custom-light: #aa897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.182,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51268,
    "c": 0.05942,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855B4E

secondary

#84A1AA

accent

#ACC265

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F4F0EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100B0A

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #855B4E

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

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