#A55657#A55657

#A55657 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.104 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55657
RGB	rgb(165, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 48%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 47.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 32.49, 14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 35.47, 23.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.0977 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.104 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5664, 15.3451, 10.8938)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55657 #56A5A4

analogous

#A5567F #A55657 #A57D56

triadic

#A55657 #57A556 #5657A5

tetradic

#A55657 #7FA556 #56A5A4 #7D56A5

square

#A55657 #7FA556 #56A5A4 #7D56A5

split-complementary

#A55657 #56A57D #567FA5

monochromatic

#552C2D #7D4142 #A55657 #BB7D7E #D0A5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#A55657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A55657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55657

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55657	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.104 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38786',
    500: '#a55657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55657;
$custom-light: #c38786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.241,
    "s": 31.474,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54782,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55657

secondary

#99BEBD

accent

#C8C660

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0B

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55657

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

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