#A55E59#A55E59

#A55E59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.094 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E59
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 30%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 46%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 46.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 28.32, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 32.29, 28.71°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.085 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.094 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3242, 16.7280, 11.5550)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E59 #59A0A5

analogous

#A5597A #A55E59 #A58459

triadic

#A55E59 #59A55E #5E59A5

tetradic

#A55E59 #7AA559 #59A0A5 #8459A5

square

#A55E59 #7AA559 #59A0A5 #8459A5

split-complementary

#A55E59 #59A584 #597AA5

monochromatic

#55312E #7D4744 #A55E59 #BB8480 #D0ABA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#A55E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#A55E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E59

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E59	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.094 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c38d87',
    500: '#a55e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e59;
$custom-light: #c38d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.947,
    "s": 29.921,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56178,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E59

secondary

#9CBCBE

accent

#C0C662

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130C0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E59

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

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