#550E15#550E15

#550E15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.102 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E15
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 21)
HSL	hsl(354, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(354, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.99, 32.29, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.99, 35.96, 26.13°)
OKLab	oklab(29.7% 0.095 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(29.7% 0.102 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0392, 2.3001, 0.9406)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E15 #0E554E

analogous

#550E39 #550E15 #552B0E

triadic

#550E15 #15550E #0E1555

tetradic

#550E15 #39550E #0E554E #2B0E55

square

#550E15 #39550E #0E554E #2B0E55

split-complementary

#550E15 #0E552B #0E3955

monochromatic

#1A0406 #200508 #550E15 #8A1722 #BE1F2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#550E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E15

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E15	1.00	14.38	1.46	14.38
#FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.102 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5452',
    500: '#550e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e15;
$custom-light: #8b5452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.085,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29695,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E15

secondary

#308F86

accent

#EEDD39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E15

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

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