#A9554E#A9554E

#A9554E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.112 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9554E
RGB	rgb(169, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(5, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 53.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 33.72, 19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 39.20, 30.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.1001 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.112 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9874, 15.4843, 9.0898)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9554E #4EA2A9

analogous

#A94E74 #A9554E #A9824E

triadic

#A9554E #4EA955 #554EA9

tetradic

#A9554E #74A94E #4EA2A9 #824EA9

square

#A9554E #74A94E #4EA2A9 #824EA9

split-complementary

#A9554E #4EA982 #4E74A9

monochromatic

#552B27 #7F403B #A9554E #BF7B75 #D3A39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#A9554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#A9554E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9554E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9554E	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B84854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.112 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7877f',
    500: '#a9554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9554e;
$custom-light: #c7877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54984,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9554E

secondary

#93BCBF

accent

#C4CD5B

background

#FCF8F7

surface

#F9F0EE

border

#D2CBC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9554E

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

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