#A55E53#A55E53

#A55E53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.095 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E53
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(8, 33%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 50%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 49.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 27.70, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 33.54, 34.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.0825 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.095 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0824, 16.6313, 10.2818)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E53 #539AA5

analogous

#A55371 #A55E53 #A58753

triadic

#A55E53 #53A55E #5E53A5

tetradic

#A55E53 #71A553 #539AA5 #8753A5

square

#A55E53 #71A553 #539AA5 #8753A5

split-complementary

#A55E53 #53A587 #5371A5

monochromatic

#54302A #7C473F #A55E53 #BC8279 #D0A8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#A55E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#A55E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E53

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E53	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.095 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38d83',
    500: '#a55e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e53;
$custom-light: #c38d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.049,
    "s": 33.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56043,
    "c": 0.09501,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E53

secondary

#96B8BE

accent

#BBC95F

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130C0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E53

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

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