#855D50#855D50

#855D50 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.057 H 38.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855D50
RGB	rgb(133, 93, 80)
HSL	hsl(15, 25%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(15, 40%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 39.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 14.58, 14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 20.21, 43.83°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.0442 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.057 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0357, 13.3954, 9.3815)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855D50 #507885

analogous

#85505E #855D50 #857850

triadic

#855D50 #50855D #5D5085

tetradic

#855D50 #5E8550 #507885 #785085

square

#855D50 #5E8550 #507885 #785085

split-complementary

#855D50 #508578 #505E85

monochromatic

#392822 #5F4239 #855D50 #A67A6C #BD9D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#855D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#855D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855D50

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855D50	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67624F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E575A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 93, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.057 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa8b81',
    500: '#855d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855d50;
$custom-light: #aa8b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.717,
    "s": 24.883,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51716,
    "c": 0.05669,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855D50

secondary

#87A2AA

accent

#ABC166

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F4F0EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100C0A

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #855D50

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

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