#550E1E#550E1E

#550E1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.102 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550E1E
RGB	rgb(85, 14, 30)
HSL	hsl(346, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(346, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.18, 32.89, 9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.18, 34.28, 16.38°)
OKLab	oklab(29.9% 0.099 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(29.9% 0.102 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.1381, 2.3397, 1.4618)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550E1E #0E5545

analogous

#550E42 #550E1E #55220E

triadic

#550E1E #1E550E #0E1E55

tetradic

#550E1E #42550E #0E5545 #220E55

square

#550E1E #42550E #0E5545 #220E55

split-complementary

#550E1E #0E5522 #0E4255

monochromatic

#1A0409 #20050B #550E1E #8A1731 #BE1F43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#550E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#550E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550E1E

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550E1E	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22211E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34301C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 14, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.102 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5459',
    500: '#550e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550e1e;
$custom-light: #8a5459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.479,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29895,
    "c": 0.10184,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550E1E

secondary

#308F7A

accent

#EEC639

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550E1E

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

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