#a55c4e

Color #a55c4e

A muted medium red.

Closest named color Sienna #a0522d · ΔE 14.94 Nearest Tailwind class orange-700 #ca3500 · ΔE 13.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a55c4e

RGB

rgb(165, 92, 78)

HSL

hsl(9.7, 35.8%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.7, 52.7%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 44.2%, 52.7%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(47.24, 28.33, 21.14)

LCH

lch(47.24, 35.35, 36.73)

OKLCH

oklch(55.6%, 0.0987, 31.87)

HWB

hwb(9.7, 30.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e97a5

Analogous

#a54e6b

#a55c4e

#a5874e

Triadic

#a55c4e

#4ea55c

#5c4ea5

Split-complementary

#a55c4e

#4ea587

#4e6ba5

Tetradic

#a55c4e

#97a54e

#4e97a5

#5c4ea5

Square

#a55c4e

#6ba54e

#4e97a5

#874ea5

Shades

Color #a55c4e mixed toward black.

#894d41

#6e3d34

#522e27

#371f1a

#1b0f0d

Tints

Color #a55c4e mixed toward white.

#b87568

#c69086

#d4aca4

#e2c8c3

#f1e3e1

Tones

Color #a55c4e mixed toward gray.

#9e6155

#96665c

#8f6b64

#88706b

#817472

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.24:1

White text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8b52 · ΔE 31.7

Deuteranopia

#8f9453 · ΔE 34.9

Tritanopia

#a25455 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#707070 · ΔE 22.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a55c4e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a55c4e]

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Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

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Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#a55c4e (#a55c4e) is rgb(165, 92, 78) in RGB.

No, #a55c4e is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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