#550E0C#550E0C

#550E0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.103 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E0C
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 12)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(2, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 31.86, 20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 38.05, 33.14°)
OKLab	oklab(29.55% 0.0914 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(29.55% 0.103 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9702, 2.2725, 0.5774)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E0C #0C5355

analogous

#550C2F #550E0C #55330C

triadic

#550E0C #0C550E #0E0C55

tetradic

#550E0C #2F550C #0C5355 #330C55

square

#550E0C #2F550C #0C5355 #330C55

split-complementary

#550E0C #0C5533 #0C2F55

monochromatic

#1B0404 #1F0504 #550E0C #8B1714 #C0201B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#550E0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#550E0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E0C

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E0C	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24200B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#362F09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.103 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c544c',
    500: '#550e0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e0c;
$custom-light: #8c544c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.644,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29554,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E0C

secondary

#2D8D90

accent

#EDF236

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E0C

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

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