#550E1D#550E1D

#550E1D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.102 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E1D
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 29)
HSL	hsl(347, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(347, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.15, 32.81, 10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.15, 34.41, 17.52°)
OKLab	oklab(29.87% 0.0986 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(29.87% 0.102 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1255, 2.3347, 1.3956)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E1D #0E5546

analogous

#550E41 #550E1D #55230E

triadic

#550E1D #1D550E #0E1D55

tetradic

#550E1D #41550E #0E5546 #230E55

square

#550E1D #41550E #0E5546 #230E55

split-complementary

#550E1D #0E5523 #0E4155

monochromatic

#1A0409 #20050B #550E1D #8A172F #BE1F41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.32

#550E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#550E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E1D

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E1D	1.00	14.32	1.47	14.32
#FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22211D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.102 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5458',
    500: '#550e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e1d;
$custom-light: #8a5458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.324,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29869,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E1D

secondary

#308F7B

accent

#EEC839

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E1D

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

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