#855B4F#855B4F

#855B4F is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.059 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855B4F
RGB	rgb(133, 91, 79)
HSL	hsl(13, 25%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 40.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 15.64, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 20.90, 41.56°)
OKLab	oklab(51.29% 0.0473 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(51.29% 0.059 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8258, 13.0342, 9.1306)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855B4F #4F7985

analogous

#854F5E #855B4F #85764F

triadic

#855B4F #4F855B #5B4F85

tetradic

#855B4F #5E854F #4F7985 #764F85

square

#855B4F #5E854F #4F7985 #764F85

split-complementary

#855B4F #4F8576 #4F5E85

monochromatic

#382621 #5F4138 #855B4F #A7786A #BE9B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#855B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#855B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855B4F

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855B4F	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65604E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 91, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.059 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa8980',
    500: '#855b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855b4f;
$custom-light: #aa8980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 25.472,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51292,
    "c": 0.05894,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855B4F

secondary

#86A2AA

accent

#ADC266

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F4F0EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100B0A

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #855B4F

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

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