#A55853#A55853

#A55853 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.102 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55853
RGB	rgb(165, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.7%, 49.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 31.00, 17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 35.41, 28.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.0927 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.102 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5695, 15.6054, 10.1108)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55853 #53A0A5

analogous

#A55377 #A55853 #A58153

triadic

#A55853 #53A558 #5853A5

tetradic

#A55853 #77A553 #53A0A5 #8153A5

square

#A55853 #77A553 #53A0A5 #8153A5

split-complementary

#A55853 #53A581 #5377A5

monochromatic

#542D2A #7C423F #A55853 #BC7D79 #D0A5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A55853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A55853 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55853

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55853	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.102 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38883',
    500: '#a55853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55853;
$custom-light: #c38883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.659,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5502,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55853

secondary

#96BBBE

accent

#C3C95F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55853

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

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