#A55359#A55359

#A55359 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.108 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55359
RGB	rgb(165, 83, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 46.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 34.31, 12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 36.41, 19.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% 0.1035 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.108 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4148, 14.9092, 11.2519)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55359 #53A59F

analogous

#A55382 #A55359 #A57653

triadic

#A55359 #59A553 #5359A5

tetradic

#A55359 #82A553 #53A59F #7653A5

square

#A55359 #82A553 #53A59F #7653A5

split-complementary

#A55359 #53A576 #5382A5

monochromatic

#542A2D #7C3F43 #A55359 #BC797E #D0A2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A55359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A55359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55359

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55359	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B24955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 83, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.108 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38587',
    500: '#a55359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55359;
$custom-light: #c38587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.61,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54346,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55359

secondary

#96BEBB

accent

#C9C15F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFEF

border

#D1CACA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55359

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

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