#A55544#A55544

#A55544 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.109 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55544
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(11, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 58.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 31.29, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 39.93, 38.41°)
OKLab	oklab(54.22% 0.0915 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(54.22% 0.109 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8105, 14.9159, 7.3035)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55544 #4494A5

analogous

#A54464 #A55544 #A58544

triadic

#A55544 #44A555 #5544A5

tetradic

#A55544 #64A544 #4494A5 #8544A5

square

#A55544 #64A544 #4494A5 #8544A5

split-complementary

#A55544 #44A585 #4464A5

monochromatic

#4E2820 #7A3F32 #A55544 #C07666 #D29D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#A55544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#A55544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55544

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55544	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)

#696142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.109 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48678',
    500: '#a55544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55544;
$custom-light: #c48678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.515,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54217,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55544

secondary

#87B4BD

accent

#BCD156

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9EFED

border

#D2CAC8

text

#130B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55544

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

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