#A35E55#A35E55

#A35E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.092 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A35E55
RGB	rgb(163, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 47.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 27.10, 17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 32.18, 32.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.82% 0.081 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(55.82% 0.092 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7479, 16.4497, 10.6750)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A35E55 #559AA3

analogous

#A35573 #A35E55 #A38555

triadic

#A35E55 #55A35E #5E55A3

tetradic

#A35E55 #73A355 #559AA3 #8555A3

square

#A35E55 #73A355 #559AA3 #8555A3

split-complementary

#A35E55 #55A385 #5573A3

monochromatic

#53302B #7B4740 #A35E55 #BA827B #CFA8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#A35E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#A35E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A35E55

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A35E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A35E55	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0545C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a35e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.092 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c18c85',
    500: '#a35e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a35e55;
$custom-light: #c18c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a35e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 31.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55821,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A35E55

secondary

#97B8BD

accent

#BCC860

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A35E55

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

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