#A55039#A55039

#A55039 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.118 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55039
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 57)
HSL	hsl(13, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(13, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 65.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 33.16, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 44.51, 41.83°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.0954 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.118 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1259, 14.0343, 5.5718)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55039 #398EA5

analogous

#A53958 #A55039 #A58639

triadic

#A55039 #39A550 #5039A5

tetradic

#A55039 #58A539 #398EA5 #8639A5

square

#A55039 #58A539 #398EA5 #8639A5

split-complementary

#A55039 #39A586 #3958A5

monochromatic

#4A241A #783A29 #A55039 #C56E56 #D49584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#A55039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#A55039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55039

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55039	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4404B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.118 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58370',
    500: '#a55039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55039;
$custom-light: #c58370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.778,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53219,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55039

secondary

#7BB0BE

accent

#BBD850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55039

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

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