#A55944#A55944

#A55944 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.105 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55944
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 68)
HSL	hsl(13, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.1%, 58.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.40, 29.11, 25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.40, 38.98, 41.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.89% 0.0848 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(54.89% 0.105 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1343, 15.5636, 7.4114)
Luminance	0.1556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55944 #4490A5

analogous

#A5445F #A55944 #A58944

triadic

#A55944 #44A559 #5944A5

tetradic

#A55944 #5FA544 #4490A5 #8944A5

square

#A55944 #5FA544 #4490A5 #8944A5

split-complementary

#A55944 #44A589 #445FA5

monochromatic

#4E2A20 #7A4232 #A55944 #C07A66 #D29F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#A55944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A55944 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55944

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55944	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.105 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48978',
    500: '#a55944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55944;
$custom-light: #c48978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.99,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54888,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55944

secondary

#87B2BD

accent

#B7D156

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55944

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

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