#550C14#550C14

#550C14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.104 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550C14
RGB	rgb(85, 12, 20)
HSL	hsl(353, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(353, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.73, 32.92, 16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.73, 36.69, 26.19°)
OKLab	oklab(29.49% 0.0968 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(29.49% 0.104 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0045, 2.2454, 0.8842)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550C14 #0C554D

analogous

#550C39 #550C14 #55290C

triadic

#550C14 #14550C #0C1455

tetradic

#550C14 #39550C #0C554D #290C55

square

#550C14 #39550C #0C554D #290C55

split-complementary

#550C14 #0C5529 #0C3955

monochromatic

#1B0406 #1F0407 #550C14 #8B1421 #C01B2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#550C14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#550C14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550C14

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550C14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550C14	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 12, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.104 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5351',
    500: '#550c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550c14;
$custom-light: #8b5351;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.425,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29493,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550C14

secondary

#2D9085

accent

#F2DD36

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550C14

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

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