#A56557#A56557

#A56557 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.086 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A56557
RGB	rgb(165, 101, 87)
HSL	hsl(11, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 47%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 47.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 24.20, 18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 30.66, 37.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.0722 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.086 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8922, 17.9967, 11.3357)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A56557 #5797A5

analogous

#A55770 #A56557 #A58C57

triadic

#A56557 #57A565 #6557A5

tetradic

#A56557 #70A557 #5797A5 #8C57A5

square

#A56557 #70A557 #5797A5 #8C57A5

split-complementary

#A56557 #57A58C #5770A5

monochromatic

#55342D #7D4C42 #A56557 #BB897E #D0AEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#A56557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#A56557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A56557

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A56557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A56557	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B25B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a56557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 101, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.086 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c29186',
    500: '#a56557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a56557;
$custom-light: #c29186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a56557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.769,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57373,
    "c": 0.08621,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A56557

secondary

#9AB7BE

accent

#B5C761

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F8F0EF

border

#D1CBCA

text

#130D0B

muted

#827D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A56557

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

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