#A56550#A56550

#A56550 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.089 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56550
RGB	rgb(165, 101, 80)
HSL	hsl(15, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 51.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 23.49, 22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 32.70, 44.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.0693 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.089 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6200, 17.8878, 9.9019)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56550 #5090A5

analogous

#A55065 #A56550 #A59050

triadic

#A56550 #50A565 #6550A5

tetradic

#A56550 #65A550 #5090A5 #9050A5

square

#A56550 #65A550 #5090A5 #9050A5

split-complementary

#A56550 #50A590 #5065A5

monochromatic

#533328 #7C4C3C #A56550 #BC8776 #D0AB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#A56550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#A56550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A56550

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A56550	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B35B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 101, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.089 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c39181',
    500: '#a56550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56550;
$custom-light: #c39181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.824,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57228,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56550

secondary

#93B3BD

accent

#B0CB5D

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F8F0EE

border

#D1CBC9

text

#130D0A

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56550

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

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