#A55554#A55554

#A55554 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.106 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55554
RGB	rgb(165, 85, 84)
HSL	hsl(1, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(1, 49%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 49.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 32.72, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 36.28, 25.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% 0.0981 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.106 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3671, 15.1385, 10.2352)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55554 #54A4A5

analogous

#A5547C #A55554 #A57E54

triadic

#A55554 #54A555 #5554A5

tetradic

#A55554 #7CA554 #54A4A5 #7E54A5

square

#A55554 #7CA554 #54A4A5 #7E54A5

split-complementary

#A55554 #54A57E #547CA5

monochromatic

#542B2B #7C403F #A55554 #BC7B7B #D0A4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#A55554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#A55554 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55554

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55554	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 85, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.106 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38784',
    500: '#a55554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55554;
$custom-light: #c38784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.741,
    "s": 32.53,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54548,
    "c": 0.10572,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55554

secondary

#97BDBE

accent

#C7C95F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8EFEF

border

#D1CACA

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55554

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

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