#550E11#550E11

#550E11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.102 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E11
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 17)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.92, 32.08, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.92, 36.93, 29.70°)
OKLab	oklab(29.63% 0.0933 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(29.63% 0.102 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0050, 2.2865, 0.7607)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E11 #0E5552

analogous

#550E35 #550E11 #552F0E

triadic

#550E11 #11550E #0E1155

tetradic

#550E11 #35550E #0E5552 #2F0E55

square

#550E11 #35550E #0E5552 #2F0E55

split-complementary

#550E11 #0E552F #0E3555

monochromatic

#1A0405 #200506 #550E11 #8A171C #BE1F26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.41

#550E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E11

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E11	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)

#242010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.102 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b544f',
    500: '#550e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e11;
$custom-light: #8b544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.465,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29625,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E11

secondary

#308F8B

accent

#EEE739

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E11

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

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