#A55552#A55552

#A55552 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.106 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55552
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 50.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 32.53, 16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 36.61, 27.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.0973 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.106 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2899, 15.1076, 9.8285)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55552 #52A2A5

analogous

#A55278 #A55552 #A57E52

triadic

#A55552 #52A555 #5552A5

tetradic

#A55552 #78A552 #52A2A5 #7E52A5

square

#A55552 #78A552 #52A2A5 #7E52A5

split-complementary

#A55552 #52A57E #5278A5

monochromatic

#532B29 #7C403E #A55552 #BC7B78 #D0A3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#A55552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#A55552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55552

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55552	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.106 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38782',
    500: '#a55552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55552;
$custom-light: #c38782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.169,
    "s": 33.603,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54503,
    "c": 0.10598,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55552

secondary

#95BCBE

accent

#C6CA5E

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8EFEE

border

#D1CAC9

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55552

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

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