#A55243#A55243

#A55243 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.113 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55243
RGB	rgb(165, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 59.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.86, 32.82, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.86, 40.99, 36.80°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.0961 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.113 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5490, 14.4414, 7.0671)
Luminance	0.1444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55243 #4396A5

analogous

#A54365 #A55243 #A58343

triadic

#A55243 #43A552 #5243A5

tetradic

#A55243 #65A543 #4396A5 #8343A5

square

#A55243 #65A543 #4396A5 #8343A5

split-complementary

#A55243 #43A583 #4365A5

monochromatic

#4E2720 #793C31 #A55243 #C07365 #D29A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#A55243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#A55243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55243

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55243	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4444E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.113 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48477',
    500: '#a55243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55243;
$custom-light: #c48477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.184,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53709,
    "c": 0.11286,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55243

secondary

#86B5BD

accent

#BFD256

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55243

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

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