#A45559#A45559

#A45559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.104 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45559
RGB	rgb(164, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(357, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 45.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 32.85, 12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 35.17, 20.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.099 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.104 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3628, 15.1128, 11.2939)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45559 #55A4A0

analogous

#A45581 #A45559 #A47955

triadic

#A45559 #59A455 #5559A4

tetradic

#A45559 #81A455 #55A4A0 #7955A4

square

#A45559 #81A455 #55A4A0 #7955A4

split-complementary

#A45559 #55A479 #5581A4

monochromatic

#532B2D #7C4043 #A45559 #BB7B7F #D0A4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A45559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A45559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45559

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45559	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B14B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.104 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28787',
    500: '#a45559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45559;
$custom-light: #c28787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.962,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54528,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45559

secondary

#98BDBB

accent

#C8C360

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFEF

border

#D1CACA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45559

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

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