#550F12#550F12

#550F12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.101 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550F12
RGB	rgb(85, 15, 18)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(357, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.07, 31.76, 17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.07, 36.45, 29.39°)
OKLab	oklab(29.74% 0.0925 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(29.74% 0.101 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0268, 2.3172, 0.8074)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#550F12 #0F5552

analogous

#550F35 #550F12 #552F0F

triadic

#550F12 #12550F #0F1255

tetradic

#550F12 #35550F #0F5552 #2F0F55

square

#550F12 #35550F #0F5552 #2F0F55

split-complementary

#550F12 #0F552F #0F3555

monochromatic

#1A0506 #210607 #550F12 #89181D #BD2128

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.35

#550F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#550F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550F12

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550F12	1.00	14.35	1.46	14.35
#FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 15, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.101 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b544f',
    500: '#550f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550f12;
$custom-light: #8b544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29739,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550F12

secondary

#318F8B

accent

#EDE53B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550F12

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

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