#A55355#A55355

#A55355 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.108 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55355
RGB	rgb(165, 83, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 48.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.42, 33.90, 14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.42, 36.87, 23.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1018 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.108 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2513, 14.8438, 10.3912)
Luminance	0.1484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55355 #53A5A3

analogous

#A5537E #A55355 #A57A53

triadic

#A55355 #55A553 #5355A5

tetradic

#A55355 #7EA553 #53A5A3 #7A53A5

square

#A55355 #7EA553 #53A5A3 #7A53A5

split-complementary

#A55355 #53A57A #537EA5

monochromatic

#542A2B #7C3F40 #A55355 #BC797B #D0A2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#A55355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#A55355 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55355

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55355	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 83, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.108 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38584',
    500: '#a55355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55355;
$custom-light: #c38584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.537,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54249,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55355

secondary

#96BEBD

accent

#C9C75F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFEF

border

#D1CACA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55355

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

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