#A55E63#A55E63

#A55E63 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.093 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A55E63
RGB	rgb(165, 94, 99)
HSL	hsl(356, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43%, 40%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 29.46, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 31.06, 18.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.0891 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.093 16)
XYZ	xyz(21.7730, 16.9075, 13.9187)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A55E63 #5EA5A0

analogous

#A55E86 #A55E63 #A57C5E

triadic

#A55E63 #63A55E #5E63A5

tetradic

#A55E63 #86A55E #5EA5A0 #7C5EA5

square

#A55E63 #86A55E #5EA5A0 #7C5EA5

split-complementary

#A55E63 #5EA57C #5E86A5

monochromatic

#583134 #7F474B #A55E63 #BB8589 #D1ADAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#A55E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#A55E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A55E63

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A55E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A55E63	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6A63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B15660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a55e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 94, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.093 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c28d8f',
    500: '#a55e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a55e63;
$custom-light: #c28d8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a55e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.775,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56427,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.16906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A55E63

secondary

#A0BFBD

accent

#C5BE63

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0F0

border

#D1CBCB

text

#130C0C

muted

#827D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A55E63

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

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