#A15555#A15555

#A15555 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.101 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A15555
RGB	rgb(161, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 47%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 47.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.26, 31.26, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.26, 34.33, 24.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.094 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.101 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5874, 14.7319, 10.4045)
Luminance	0.1473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A15555 #55A1A1

analogous

#A1557B #A15555 #A17B55

triadic

#A15555 #55A155 #5555A1

tetradic

#A15555 #7BA155 #55A1A1 #7B55A1

square

#A15555 #7BA155 #55A1A1 #7B55A1

split-complementary

#A15555 #55A17B #557BA1

monochromatic

#512B2B #794040 #A15555 #B97A7A #CEA2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#A15555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#A15555 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A15555

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A15555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A15555	1.00	5.32	3.95	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE4B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a15555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.101 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c08684',
    500: '#a15555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a15555;
$custom-light: #c08684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a15555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.894,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54011,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A15555

secondary

#96BCBC

accent

#C7C761

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFEF

border

#D1CACA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A15555

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

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