#550C16#550C16

#550C16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.104 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550C16
RGB	rgb(85, 12, 22)
HSL	hsl(352, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.76, 33.04, 14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.76, 36.22, 24.21°)
OKLab	oklab(29.53% 0.0976 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(29.53% 0.104 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0231, 2.2528, 0.9819)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550C16 #0C554B

analogous

#550C3B #550C16 #55270C

triadic

#550C16 #16550C #0C1655

tetradic

#550C16 #3B550C #0C554B #270C55

square

#550C16 #3B550C #0C554B #270C55

split-complementary

#550C16 #0C5527 #0C3B55

monochromatic

#1B0407 #1F0408 #550C16 #8B1424 #C01B32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#550C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#550C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550C16

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550C16	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 12, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.104 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5352',
    500: '#550c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550c16;
$custom-light: #8b5352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.781,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29531,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550C16

secondary

#2D9083

accent

#F2D836

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550C16

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

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