#550E18#550E18

#550E18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.102 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E18
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 24)
HSL	hsl(352, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.05, 32.47, 13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.05, 35.28, 23.01°)
OKLab	oklab(29.75% 0.0963 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(29.75% 0.102 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0687, 2.3119, 1.0960)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E18 #0E554B

analogous

#550E3C #550E18 #55280E

triadic

#550E18 #18550E #0E1855

tetradic

#550E18 #3C550E #0E554B #280E55

square

#550E18 #3C550E #0E554B #280E55

split-complementary

#550E18 #0E5528 #0E3C55

monochromatic

#1A0407 #200509 #550E18 #8A1727 #BE1F36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#550E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E18

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E18	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.102 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5454',
    500: '#550e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e18;
$custom-light: #8b5454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.549,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29754,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E18

secondary

#308F82

accent

#EED539

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E18

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

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