#A55E4C#A55E4C

#A55E4C is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.097 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E4C
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 76)
HSL	hsl(12, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 53.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 27.03, 22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 35.41, 40.23°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.0796 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.097 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8257, 16.5286, 8.9296)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E4C #4C93A5

analogous

#A54C67 #A55E4C #A58B4C

triadic

#A55E4C #4CA55E #5E4CA5

tetradic

#A55E4C #67A54C #4C93A5 #8B4CA5

square

#A55E4C #67A54C #4C93A5 #8B4CA5

split-complementary

#A55E4C #4CA58B #4C67A5

monochromatic

#512E25 #7B4639 #A55E4C #BD8071 #D1A69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#A55E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A55E4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E4C

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E4C	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81774B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3525A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.097 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38c7e',
    500: '#a55e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e4c;
$custom-light: #c38c7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.135,
    "s": 36.929,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.559,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E4C

secondary

#8FB4BD

accent

#B6CD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E4C

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