#A5553B#A5553B

#A5553B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.113 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5553B
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 59)
HSL	hsl(15, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(15, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 64.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.38, 30.62, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.38, 42.77, 44.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.0879 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.113 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5566, 14.8143, 5.9664)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5553B #3B8BA5

analogous

#A53B56 #A5553B #A58A3B

triadic

#A5553B #3BA555 #553BA5

tetradic

#A5553B #56A53B #3B8BA5 #8A3BA5

square

#A5553B #56A53B #3B8BA5 #8A3BA5

split-complementary

#A5553B #3BA58A #3B56A5

monochromatic

#4B271B #783E2B #A5553B #C47459 #D49986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#A5553B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#A5553B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5553B

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5553B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5553B	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4464F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5553b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.113 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c58671',
    500: '#a5553b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5553b;
$custom-light: #c58671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5553b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.717,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54065,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5553B

secondary

#7EAEBE

accent

#B6D751

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5553B

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

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