#550F16#550F16

#550F16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.101 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550F16
RGB	rgb(85, 15, 22)
HSL	hsl(354, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(354, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.14, 31.98, 15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.14, 35.46, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(29.81% 0.0942 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(29.81% 0.101 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0624, 2.3315, 0.9950)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550F16 #0F554E

analogous

#550F39 #550F16 #552B0F

triadic

#550F16 #16550F #0F1655

tetradic

#550F16 #39550F #0F554E #2B0F55

square

#550F16 #39550F #0F554E #2B0F55

split-complementary

#550F16 #0F552B #0F3955

monochromatic

#1A0507 #210609 #550F16 #891823 #BD2131

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.32

#550F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#550F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550F16

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550F16	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)

#232116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 15, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.101 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5452',
    500: '#550f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550f16;
$custom-light: #8b5452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29811,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550F16

secondary

#318F85

accent

#EDDB3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550F16

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

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