#A55040#A55040

#A55040 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.116 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55040
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(10, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.39, 33.65, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.39, 42.36, 37.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.0982 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.116 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3127, 14.1091, 6.5558)
Luminance	0.1411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55040 #4095A5

analogous

#A54062 #A55040 #A58340

triadic

#A55040 #40A550 #5040A5

tetradic

#A55040 #62A540 #4095A5 #8340A5

square

#A55040 #62A540 #4095A5 #8340A5

split-complementary

#A55040 #40A583 #4062A5

monochromatic

#4D251E #793B2F #A55040 #C27061 #D3988D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#A55040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#A55040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55040

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55040	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4414C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.116 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58375',
    500: '#a55040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55040;
$custom-light: #c58375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.505,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53335,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55040

secondary

#83B4BE

accent

#C0D454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55040

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

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