#A55E4E#A55E4E

#A55E4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.097 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E4E
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(11, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 52.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 27.22, 21.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 34.83, 38.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0804 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.097 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8963, 16.5568, 9.3015)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E4E #4E95A5

analogous

#A54E6A #A55E4E #A5894E

triadic

#A55E4E #4EA55E #5E4EA5

tetradic

#A55E4E #6AA54E #4E95A5 #894EA5

square

#A55E4E #6AA54E #4E95A5 #894EA5

split-complementary

#A55E4E #4EA589 #4E6AA5

monochromatic

#522F27 #7B463A #A55E4E #BD8173 #D1A69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#A55E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#A55E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E4E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E4E	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.097 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38c7f',
    500: '#a55e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e4e;
$custom-light: #c38c7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.034,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55939,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E4E

secondary

#91B5BD

accent

#B7CC5C

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E4E

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

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