#A55042#A55042

#A55042 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.115 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55042
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 33.80, 24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 41.80, 36.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.099 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.115 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3707, 14.1322, 6.8609)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55042 #4297A5

analogous

#A54265 #A55042 #A58142

triadic

#A55042 #42A550 #5042A5

tetradic

#A55042 #65A542 #4297A5 #8142A5

square

#A55042 #65A542 #4297A5 #8142A5

split-complementary

#A55042 #42A581 #4265A5

monochromatic

#4E261F #793B31 #A55042 #C17163 #D2998F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#A55042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#A55042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55042

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55042	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4414D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.115 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48376',
    500: '#a55042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55042;
$custom-light: #c48376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.485,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53371,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55042

secondary

#85B6BD

accent

#C1D355

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55042

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

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