#A55B4E#A55B4E

#A55B4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.100 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55B4E
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 78)
HSL	hsl(9, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 28.88, 20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 35.61, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.0855 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.1 31)
XYZ	xyz(20.6347, 16.0336, 9.2143)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55B4E #4E98A5

analogous

#A54E6C #A55B4E #A5874E

triadic

#A55B4E #4EA55B #5B4EA5

tetradic

#A55B4E #6CA54E #4E98A5 #874EA5

square

#A55B4E #6CA54E #4E98A5 #874EA5

split-complementary

#A55B4E #4EA587 #4E6CA5

monochromatic

#522D27 #7B443A #A55B4E #BD7E73 #D1A59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#A55B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#A55B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55B4E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55B4E	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F754D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B34F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.100 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38a7f',
    500: '#a55b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55b4e;
$custom-light: #c38a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.966,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5542,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.16032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55B4E

secondary

#91B7BD

accent

#BBCC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55B4E

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

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