#A55949#A55949

#A55949 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.104 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55949
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(10, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.1%, 55.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 29.53, 23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 37.49, 38.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.0868 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.104 33)
XYZ	xyz(20.2935, 15.6272, 8.2497)
Luminance	0.1563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55949 #4995A5

analogous

#A54967 #A55949 #A58749

triadic

#A55949 #49A559 #5949A5

tetradic

#A55949 #67A549 #4995A5 #8749A5

square

#A55949 #67A549 #4995A5 #8749A5

split-complementary

#A55949 #49A587 #4967A5

monochromatic

#502B23 #7B4236 #A55949 #BE7B6D #D1A197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#A55949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#A55949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55949

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55949	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.104 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4897c',
    500: '#a55949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55949;
$custom-light: #c4897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 38.655,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5498,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.15625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55949

secondary

#8DB5BD

accent

#BACF59

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130B09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55949

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

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