#550E14#550E14

#550E14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.102 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E14
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 20)
HSL	hsl(355, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(355, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.97, 32.23, 16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.97, 36.21, 27.10°)
OKLab	oklab(29.68% 0.0945 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(29.68% 0.102 22)
XYZ	xyz(4.0301, 2.2965, 0.8928)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E14 #0E554F

analogous

#550E38 #550E14 #552C0E

triadic

#550E14 #14550E #0E1455

tetradic

#550E14 #38550E #0E554F #2C0E55

square

#550E14 #38550E #0E554F #2C0E55

split-complementary

#550E14 #0E552C #0E3855

monochromatic

#1A0406 #200508 #550E14 #8A1720 #BE1F2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#550E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E14

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E14	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.102 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5451',
    500: '#550e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e14;
$custom-light: #8b5451;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.93,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29676,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.02296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E14

secondary

#308F87

accent

#EEDF39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E14

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

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