#550E1C#550E1C

#550E1C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.102 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E1C
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 28)
HSL	hsl(348, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 67.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.13, 32.74, 11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.13, 34.55, 18.64°)
OKLab	oklab(29.85% 0.0981 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(29.85% 0.102 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1134, 2.3298, 1.3315)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E1C #0E5547

analogous

#550E40 #550E1C #55240E

triadic

#550E1C #1C550E #0E1C55

tetradic

#550E1C #40550E #0E5547 #240E55

square

#550E1C #40550E #0E5547 #240E55

split-complementary

#550E1C #0E5524 #0E4055

monochromatic

#1A0409 #20050B #550E1C #8A172D #BE1F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#550E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#550E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E1C

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E1C	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22211C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.102 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5457',
    500: '#550e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e1c;
$custom-light: #8a5457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.169,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29845,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E1C

secondary

#308F7C

accent

#EECB39

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E1C

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

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