#550E13#550E13

#550E13 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.102 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E13
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 19)
HSL	hsl(356, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(356, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 77.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.96, 32.18, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.96, 36.45, 28.02°)
OKLab	oklab(29.66% 0.0941 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(29.66% 0.102 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.0214, 2.2930, 0.8468)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E13 #0E5550

analogous

#550E37 #550E13 #552D0E

triadic

#550E13 #13550E #0E1355

tetradic

#550E13 #37550E #0E5550 #2D0E55

square

#550E13 #37550E #0E5550 #2D0E55

split-complementary

#550E13 #0E552D #0E3755

monochromatic

#1A0406 #200507 #550E13 #8A171F #BE1F2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#550E13 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E13 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E13

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E13	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E13	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e13;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.102 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5450',
    500: '#550e13',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e13;
$custom-light: #8b5450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e13",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.775,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29658,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E13

secondary

#308F89

accent

#EEE239

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E13

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

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