#A55151#A55151

#A55151 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.111 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55151
RGB	rgb(165, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 50.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, 34.57, 16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 38.19, 25.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1035 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.111 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9461, 14.4804, 9.5276)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55151 #51A5A5

analogous

#A5517B #A55151 #A57B51

triadic

#A55151 #51A551 #5151A5

tetradic

#A55151 #7BA551 #51A5A5 #7B51A5

square

#A55151 #7BA551 #51A5A5 #7B51A5

split-complementary

#A55151 #51A57B #517BA5

monochromatic

#532929 #7C3D3D #A55151 #BC7777 #D0A0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#A55151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A55151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55151

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55151	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79714F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.111 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48481',
    500: '#a55151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55151;
$custom-light: #c48481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53837,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55151

secondary

#94BDBD

accent

#CACA5E

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55151

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

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