#A55A4E#A55A4E

#A55A4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.101 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55A4E
RGB	rgb(165, 90, 78)
HSL	hsl(8, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 29.43, 20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 35.89, 34.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% 0.0872 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.101 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5498, 15.8638, 9.1860)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55A4E #4E99A5

analogous

#A54E6D #A55A4E #A5854E

triadic

#A55A4E #4EA55A #5A4EA5

tetradic

#A55A4E #6DA54E #4E99A5 #854EA5

square

#A55A4E #6DA54E #4E99A5 #854EA5

split-complementary

#A55A4E #4EA585 #4E6DA5

monochromatic

#522D27 #7B433A #A55A4E #BD7D73 #D1A49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#A55A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#A55A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55A4E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55A4E	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C654D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 90, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.101 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38a7f',
    500: '#a55a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55a4e;
$custom-light: #c38a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5525,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55A4E

secondary

#91B7BD

accent

#BCCC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55A4E

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

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