#A55950#A55950

#A55950 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.102 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55950
RGB	rgb(165, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(6, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.1%, 51.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 30.16, 19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 35.71, 32.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% 0.0897 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.102 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5388, 15.7253, 9.5415)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55950 #509CA5

analogous

#A55071 #A55950 #A58350

triadic

#A55950 #50A559 #5950A5

tetradic

#A55950 #71A550 #509CA5 #8350A5

square

#A55950 #71A550 #509CA5 #8350A5

split-complementary

#A55950 #50A583 #5071A5

monochromatic

#532D28 #7C433C #A55950 #BC7D76 #D0A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A55950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#A55950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55950

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55950	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D754F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.102 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38981',
    500: '#a55950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55950;
$custom-light: #c38981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.353,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55122,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55950

secondary

#93B9BD

accent

#BFCB5D

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55950

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

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