#550E17#550E17

#550E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.102 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E17
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 23)
HSL	hsl(352, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.03, 32.41, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.03, 35.49, 24.07°)
OKLab	oklab(29.73% 0.0959 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(29.73% 0.102 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0585, 2.3079, 1.0422)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E17 #0E554C

analogous

#550E3B #550E17 #55290E

triadic

#550E17 #17550E #0E1755

tetradic

#550E17 #3B550E #0E554C #290E55

square

#550E17 #3B550E #0E554C #290E55

split-complementary

#550E17 #0E5529 #0E3B55

monochromatic

#1A0407 #200509 #550E17 #8A1725 #BE1F33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#550E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E17

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E17	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.102 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5453',
    500: '#550e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e17;
$custom-light: #8b5453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.394,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29734,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E17

secondary

#308F83

accent

#EED739

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E17

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

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