#855B5D#855B5D

#855B5D is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.056 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855B5D
RGB	rgb(133, 91, 93)
HSL	hsl(357, 19%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 32%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 30.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 17.56, 5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 18.50, 18.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.66% 0.0534 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(51.66% 0.056 16)
XYZ	xyz(15.3901, 13.2600, 12.1026)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855B5D #5B8583

analogous

#855B72 #855B5D #856E5B

triadic

#855B5D #5D855B #5B5D85

tetradic

#855B5D #72855B #5B8583 #6E5B85

square

#855B5D #72855B #5B8583 #6E5B85

split-complementary

#855B5D #5B856E #5B7285

monochromatic

#3C292A #614244 #855B5D #A47A7C #BD9E9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#855B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#855B5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855B5D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855B5D	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62615D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D575C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 91, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.056 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9898a',
    500: '#855b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855b5d;
$custom-light: #a9898a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51664,
    "c": 0.05553,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.13259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855B5D

secondary

#91ABA9

accent

#BBB86C

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0F0

border

#CECBCB

text

#100B0B

muted

#7F7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #855B5D

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

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