#550E19#550E19

#550E19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.102 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E19
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 25)
HSL	hsl(351, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(351, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 70.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.07, 32.53, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.07, 35.07, 21.94°)
OKLab	oklab(29.78% 0.0968 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(29.78% 0.102 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0793, 2.3162, 1.1518)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E19 #0E554A

analogous

#550E3D #550E19 #55270E

triadic

#550E19 #19550E #0E1955

tetradic

#550E19 #3D550E #0E554A #270E55

square

#550E19 #3D550E #0E554A #270E55

split-complementary

#550E19 #0E5527 #0E3D55

monochromatic

#1A0408 #20050A #550E19 #8A1728 #BE1F38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#550E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E19

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E19	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.102 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5455',
    500: '#550e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e19;
$custom-light: #8b5455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.704,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29776,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E19

secondary

#308F80

accent

#EED239

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0303

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E19

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

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