#550E16#550E16

#550E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.102 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E16
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 22)
HSL	hsl(353, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(353, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.01, 32.35, 15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.01, 35.72, 25.11°)
OKLab	oklab(29.71% 0.0954 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(29.71% 0.102 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0486, 2.3039, 0.9904)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E16 #0E554D

analogous

#550E3A #550E16 #552A0E

triadic

#550E16 #16550E #0E1655

tetradic

#550E16 #3A550E #0E554D #2A0E55

square

#550E16 #3A550E #0E554D #2A0E55

split-complementary

#550E16 #0E552A #0E3A55

monochromatic

#1A0407 #200508 #550E16 #8A1724 #BE1F31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.38

#550E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E16

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E16	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)

#232016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.102 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5452',
    500: '#550e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e16;
$custom-light: #8b5452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.239,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29714,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E16

secondary

#308F85

accent

#EEDA39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E16

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

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