#A55840#A55840

#A55840 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.108 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55840
RGB	rgb(165, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(14, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(14, 61%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 29.35, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 40.48, 43.54°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.0849 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.108 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9338, 15.3511, 6.7628)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55840 #408DA5

analogous

#A5405B #A55840 #A58A40

triadic

#A55840 #40A558 #5840A5

tetradic

#A55840 #5BA540 #408DA5 #8A40A5

square

#A55840 #5BA540 #408DA5 #8A40A5

split-complementary

#A55840 #40A58A #405BA5

monochromatic

#4D291E #79402F #A55840 #C27861 #D39D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#A55840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#A55840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55840

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55840	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)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.108 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48875',
    500: '#a55840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55840;
$custom-light: #c48875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.257,
    "s": 44.105,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54649,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55840

secondary

#83B0BE

accent

#B5D454

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0ED

border

#D2CBC8

text

#130B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55840

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

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