#A55B61#A55B61

#A55B61 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.097 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55B61
RGB	rgb(165, 91, 97)
HSL	hsl(355, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(355, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 41.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 30.87, 10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 32.46, 18.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% 0.0934 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.097 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4169, 16.3465, 13.3342)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55B61 #5BA59F

analogous

#A55B86 #A55B61 #A57A5B

triadic

#A55B61 #61A55B #5B61A5

tetradic

#A55B61 #86A55B #5BA59F #7A5BA5

square

#A55B61 #86A55B #5BA59F #7A5BA5

split-complementary

#A55B61 #5BA57A #5B86A5

monochromatic

#562F32 #7E454A #A55B61 #BB8387 #D0AAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#A55B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#A55B61 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55B61

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55B61	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2535D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 91, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.097 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28b8d',
    500: '#a55b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55b61;
$custom-light: #c28b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55864,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55B61

secondary

#9DBEBC

accent

#C5BD62

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130C0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55B61

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

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