#550E12#550E12

#550E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.102 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E12
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 18)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.94, 32.13, 17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.94, 36.69, 28.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.64% 0.0937 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(29.64% 0.102 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0130, 2.2897, 0.8028)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E12 #0E5551

analogous

#550E36 #550E12 #552E0E

triadic

#550E12 #12550E #0E1255

tetradic

#550E12 #36550E #0E5551 #2E0E55

square

#550E12 #36550E #0E5551 #2E0E55

split-complementary

#550E12 #0E552E #0E3655

monochromatic

#1A0406 #200507 #550E12 #8A171D #BE1F28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.41

#550E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E12

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E12	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)

#232011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.102 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b544f',
    500: '#550e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e12;
$custom-light: #8b544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.62,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29641,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E12

secondary

#308F8A

accent

#EEE439

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E12

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

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