#A55049#A55049

#A55049 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.114 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55049
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.55, 34.37, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.55, 40.06, 30.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1018 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.114 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5898, 14.2199, 8.0151)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55049 #499EA5

analogous

#A54970 #A55049 #A57E49

triadic

#A55049 #49A550 #5049A5

tetradic

#A55049 #70A549 #499EA5 #7E49A5

square

#A55049 #70A549 #499EA5 #7E49A5

split-complementary

#A55049 #49A57E #4970A5

monochromatic

#502723 #7B3B36 #A55049 #BE736D #D19C97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#A55049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#A55049 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55049

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55049	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.114 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4837b',
    500: '#a55049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55049;
$custom-light: #c4837b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.565,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53506,
    "c": 0.11366,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55049

secondary

#8DBABD

accent

#C6CF59

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#130B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55049

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

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