#A55E60#A55E60

#A55E60 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.093 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E60
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 96)
HSL	hsl(358, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 41.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 29.10, 11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 31.31, 21.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.0879 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.093 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6322, 16.8512, 13.1774)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E60 #5EA5A3

analogous

#A55E83 #A55E60 #A57F5E

triadic

#A55E60 #60A55E #5E60A5

tetradic

#A55E60 #83A55E #5EA5A3 #7F5EA5

square

#A55E60 #83A55E #5EA5A3 #7F5EA5

split-complementary

#A55E60 #5EA57F #5E83A5

monochromatic

#583132 #7F4748 #A55E60 #BB8587 #D1ADAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#A55E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#A55E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E60

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E60	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E785F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.093 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28d8d',
    500: '#a55e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e60;
$custom-light: #c28d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.31,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56349,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E60

secondary

#A0BFBE

accent

#C5C263

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130C0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E60

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

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