#A55053#A55053

#A55053 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.112 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55053
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 83)
HSL	hsl(358, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(358, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 49.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 35.29, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 38.26, 22.75°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.106 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.112 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9484, 14.3633, 9.9038)
Luminance	0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55053 #50A5A2

analogous

#A5507D #A55053 #A57750

triadic

#A55053 #53A550 #5053A5

tetradic

#A55053 #7DA550 #50A5A2 #7750A5

square

#A55053 #7DA550 #50A5A2 #7750A5

split-complementary

#A55053 #50A577 #507DA5

monochromatic

#53282A #7C3C3E #A55053 #BC7678 #D09FA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#A55053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A55053 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55053

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55053	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.112 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48383',
    500: '#a55053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55053;
$custom-light: #c48383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.882,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53726,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55053

secondary

#93BDBC

accent

#CBC75D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFEF

border

#D1CACA

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55053

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

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