#550E1A#550E1A

#550E1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.102 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E1A
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 26)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 32.60, 12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 34.88, 20.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.8% 0.0972 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(29.8% 0.102 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0902, 2.3206, 1.2096)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E1A #0E5549

analogous

#550E3E #550E1A #55260E

triadic

#550E1A #1A550E #0E1A55

tetradic

#550E1A #3E550E #0E5549 #260E55

square

#550E1A #3E550E #0E5549 #260E55

split-complementary

#550E1A #0E5526 #0E3E55

monochromatic

#1A0408 #20050A #550E1A #8A172A #BE1F3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#550E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E1A

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E1A	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22211A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.102 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5456',
    500: '#550e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e1a;
$custom-light: #8a5456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.859,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29798,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E1A

secondary

#308F7F

accent

#EED039

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E8

border

#CBC5C4

text

#0D0303

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E1A

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

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