#A55239#A55239

#A55239 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.116 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55239
RGB	rgb(165, 82, 57)
HSL	hsl(14, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(14, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 65.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.70, 32.10, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.70, 44.07, 43.25°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.0921 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.116 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2745, 14.3316, 5.6213)
Luminance	0.1433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55239 #398CA5

analogous

#A53956 #A55239 #A58839

triadic

#A55239 #39A552 #5239A5

tetradic

#A55239 #56A539 #398CA5 #8839A5

square

#A55239 #56A539 #398CA5 #8839A5

split-complementary

#A55239 #39A588 #3956A5

monochromatic

#4A251A #783B29 #A55239 #C57056 #D49784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#A55239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#A55239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55239

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55239	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 82, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.116 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58470',
    500: '#a55239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55239;
$custom-light: #c58470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.889,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53541,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55239

secondary

#7BAFBE

accent

#B9D850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55239

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

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