#550E10#550E10

#550E10 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.102 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E10
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 16)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(358, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 81.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.91, 32.03, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.91, 37.16, 30.48°)
OKLab	oklab(29.61% 0.0929 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(29.61% 0.102 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9973, 2.2834, 0.7204)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E10 #0E5553

analogous

#550E34 #550E10 #55300E

triadic

#550E10 #10550E #0E1055

tetradic

#550E10 #34550E #0E5553 #300E55

square

#550E10 #34550E #0E5553 #300E55

split-complementary

#550E10 #0E5530 #0E3455

monochromatic

#1A0405 #200506 #550E10 #8A171A #BE1F24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#550E10 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E10 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E10

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E10	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E10	1.00	14.42	1.46	14.42
#FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24200F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e10;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.102 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b544e',
    500: '#550e10',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e10;
$custom-light: #8b544e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e10",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.31,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29609,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E10

secondary

#308F8D

accent

#EEE939

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E10

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

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