#550C1E#550C1E

#550C1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.104 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550C1E
RGB	rgb(85, 12, 30)
HSL	hsl(345, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(345, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.93, 33.58, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.93, 34.85, 15.55°)
OKLab	oklab(29.72% 0.1012 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(29.72% 0.104 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1126, 2.2886, 1.4532)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550C1E #0C5543

analogous

#550C43 #550C1E #551E0C

triadic

#550C1E #1E550C #0C1E55

tetradic

#550C1E #43550C #0C5543 #1E0C55

square

#550C1E #43550C #0C5543 #1E0C55

split-complementary

#550C1E #0C551E #0C4355

monochromatic

#1B0409 #1F040B #550C1E #8B1431 #C01B44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.41

#550C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550C1E

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550C1E	1.00	14.41	1.46	14.41
#FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 12, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.104 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5359',
    500: '#550c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550c1e;
$custom-light: #8a5359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.205,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29715,
    "c": 0.10382,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550C1E

secondary

#2D9078

accent

#F2C436

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550C1E

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

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