#855E59#855E59

#855E59 is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.052 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855E59
RGB	rgb(133, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 33.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 15.20, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 17.77, 31.19°)
OKLab	oklab(52.15% 0.0464 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(52.15% 0.052 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4792, 13.7141, 11.2810)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855E59 #598085

analogous

#85596A #855E59 #857459

triadic

#855E59 #59855E #5E5985

tetradic

#855E59 #6A8559 #598085 #745985

square

#855E59 #6A8559 #598085 #745985

split-complementary

#855E59 #598574 #596A85

monochromatic

#3C2A28 #604440 #855E59 #A47C77 #BDA09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#855E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#855E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855E59

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855E59	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D595D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.052 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a98c87',
    500: '#855e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855e59;
$custom-light: #a98c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.818,
    "s": 19.82,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52146,
    "c": 0.05214,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855E59

secondary

#8FA7AB

accent

#B3BC6B

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F4F0EF

border

#CECBCA

text

#100C0B

muted

#7F7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #855E59

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

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