#A55D48#A55D48

#A55D48 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.100 H 37.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55D48
RGB	rgb(165, 93, 72)
HSL	hsl(14, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 56.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 27.24, 24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 36.85, 42.34°)
OKLab	oklab(55.65% 0.0797 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(55.65% 0.1 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6026, 16.2980, 8.1904)
Luminance	0.1630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55D48 #4890A5

analogous

#A54862 #A55D48 #A58C48

triadic

#A55D48 #48A55D #5D48A5

tetradic

#A55D48 #62A548 #4890A5 #8C48A5

square

#A55D48 #62A548 #4890A5 #8C48A5

split-complementary

#A55D48 #48A58C #4862A5

monochromatic

#502D23 #7A4535 #A55D48 #BF7E6C #D1A396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#A55D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#A55D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55D48

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55D48	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 93, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.100 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c48c7b',
    500: '#a55d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55d48;
$custom-light: #c48c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.548,
    "s": 39.241,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55649,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55D48

secondary

#8CB2BD

accent

#B4CF59

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C09

muted

#827D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55D48

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

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