#A55055#A55055

#A55055 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.112 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55055
RGB	rgb(165, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(356, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 48.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 35.49, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 38.02, 21.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.77% 0.1068 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(53.77% 0.112 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0268, 14.3947, 10.3163)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55055 #50A5A0

analogous

#A5507F #A55055 #A57650

triadic

#A55055 #55A550 #5055A5

tetradic

#A55055 #7FA550 #50A5A0 #7650A5

square

#A55055 #7FA550 #50A5A0 #7650A5

split-complementary

#A55055 #50A576 #507FA5

monochromatic

#53282B #7C3C40 #A55055 #BC767A #D09FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#A55055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#A55055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55055

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55055	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.112 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38384',
    500: '#a55055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55055;
$custom-light: #c38384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53774,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55055

secondary

#93BDBB

accent

#CBC45D

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFEF

border

#D1CACA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55055

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

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