#550F0E#550F0E

#550F0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.102 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550F0E
RGB	rgb(85, 15, 14)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.01, 31.57, 20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.01, 37.39, 32.41°)
OKLab	oklab(29.68% 0.0909 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(29.68% 0.102 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.9969, 2.3053, 0.6499)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550F0E #0E5455

analogous

#550E31 #550F0E #55330E

triadic

#550F0E #0E550F #0F0E55

tetradic

#550F0E #31550E #0E5455 #330E55

square

#550F0E #31550E #0E5455 #330E55

split-complementary

#550F0E #0E5533 #0E3155

monochromatic

#1A0504 #200605 #550F0E #8A1817 #BE221F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#550F0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550F0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550F0E

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550F0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550F0E	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24200D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#362F0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550f0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 15, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.102 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b544d',
    500: '#550f0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550f0e;
$custom-light: #8b544d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550f0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29679,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550F0E

secondary

#308E8F

accent

#ECEE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #550F0E

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

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