#550C13#550C13

#550C13 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.104 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550C13
RGB	rgb(85, 12, 19)
HSL	hsl(354, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(354, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 77.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.71, 32.87, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.71, 36.92, 27.10°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% 0.0963 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.104 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9958, 2.2419, 0.8383)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550C13 #0C554E

analogous

#550C38 #550C13 #552A0C

triadic

#550C13 #13550C #0C1355

tetradic

#550C13 #38550C #0C554E #2A0C55

square

#550C13 #38550C #0C554E #2A0C55

split-complementary

#550C13 #0C552A #0C3855

monochromatic

#1B0406 #1F0407 #550C13 #8B141F #C01B2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#550C13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#550C13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550C13

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550C13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550C13	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550c13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 12, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.104 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5350',
    500: '#550c13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550c13;
$custom-light: #8b5350;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550c13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.247,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29475,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550C13

secondary

#2D9087

accent

#F2E036

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550C13

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

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