#A45E55#A45E55

#A45E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.093 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A45E55
RGB	rgb(164, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 32%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(7, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 27.50, 17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 32.63, 32.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.0822 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.093 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9535, 16.5557, 10.6846)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A45E55 #559BA4

analogous

#A45574 #A45E55 #A48655

triadic

#A45E55 #55A45E #5E55A4

tetradic

#A45E55 #74A455 #559BA4 #8655A4

square

#A45E55 #74A455 #559BA4 #8655A4

split-complementary

#A45E55 #55A486 #5574A4

monochromatic

#53302B #7C4740 #A45E55 #BB837B #D0A9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A45E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A45E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A45E55

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A45E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A45E55	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1545C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a45e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.093 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28c85',
    500: '#a45e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a45e55;
$custom-light: #c28c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a45e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.835,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55954,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A45E55

secondary

#98B9BD

accent

#BCC860

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A45E55

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

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