#A55945#A55945

#A55945 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.105 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55945
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 69)
HSL	hsl(13, 41%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 58%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.1%, 58.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 29.19, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 38.67, 40.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.0852 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.105 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1651, 15.5759, 7.5736)
Luminance	0.1557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55945 #4591A5

analogous

#A54561 #A55945 #A58945

triadic

#A55945 #45A559 #5945A5

tetradic

#A55945 #61A545 #4591A5 #8945A5

square

#A55945 #61A545 #4591A5 #8945A5

split-complementary

#A55945 #45A589 #4561A5

monochromatic

#4F2A21 #7A4233 #A55945 #C07A68 #D2A093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#A55945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#A55945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55945

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55945	1.00	5.10	4.11	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.105 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48979',
    500: '#a55945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55945;
$custom-light: #c48979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.5,
    "s": 41.026,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54906,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55945

secondary

#88B2BD

accent

#B7D157

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55945

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

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