#A55656#A55656

#A55656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.104 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55656
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 47.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.08, 32.39, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.08, 35.61, 24.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.0973 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.104 21)
XYZ	xyz(20.5259, 15.3289, 10.6801)
Luminance	0.1533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55656 #56A5A5

analogous

#A5567E #A55656 #A57E56

triadic

#A55656 #56A556 #5656A5

tetradic

#A55656 #7EA556 #56A5A5 #7E56A5

square

#A55656 #7EA556 #56A5A5 #7E56A5

split-complementary

#A55656 #56A57E #567EA5

monochromatic

#552C2C #7D4141 #A55656 #BB7D7D #D0A5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#A55656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A55656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55656

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55656	1.00	5.17	4.07	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.104 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38785',
    500: '#a55656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55656;
$custom-light: #c38785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54759,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.15327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55656

secondary

#99BEBE

accent

#C8C860

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55656

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

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