#A55A44#A55A44

#A55A44 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.104 H 37.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55A44
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 68)
HSL	hsl(14, 42%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 58.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.62, 28.56, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.62, 38.76, 42.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.0831 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.104 37.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2181, 15.7311, 7.4394)
Luminance	0.1573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55A44 #448FA5

analogous

#A5445E #A55A44 #A58A44

triadic

#A55A44 #44A55A #5A44A5

tetradic

#A55A44 #5EA544 #448FA5 #8A44A5

square

#A55A44 #5EA544 #448FA5 #8A44A5

split-complementary

#A55A44 #44A58A #445EA5

monochromatic

#4E2B20 #7A4232 #A55A44 #C07B66 #D2A092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#A55A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#A55A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55A44

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55A44	1.00	5.07	4.15	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B44D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.104 37.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48a78',
    500: '#a55a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55a44;
$custom-light: #c48a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.608,
    "s": 41.631,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55058,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 37.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55A44

secondary

#87B1BD

accent

#B6D156

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0ED

border

#D1CBC8

text

#130C09

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55A44

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

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