#A55237#A55237

#A55237 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.117 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55237
RGB	rgb(165, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(15, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.68, 31.97, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.68, 44.74, 44.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.0914 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.117 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2256, 14.3120, 5.3637)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55237 #378AA5

analogous

#A53753 #A55237 #A58937

triadic

#A55237 #37A552 #5237A5

tetradic

#A55237 #53A537 #378AA5 #8937A5

square

#A55237 #53A537 #378AA5 #8937A5

split-complementary

#A55237 #37A589 #3753A5

monochromatic

#492418 #773B28 #A55237 #C66F53 #D59681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#A55237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#A55237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55237

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55237	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.117 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5846e',
    500: '#a55237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55237;
$custom-light: #c5846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53511,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55237

secondary

#79AEBF

accent

#B7DA4E

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55237

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

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