#550F1E#550F1E

#550F1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.101 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#550F1E
RGB	rgb(85, 15, 30)
HSL	hsl(347, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(347, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.31, 32.52, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.31, 33.98, 16.84°)
OKLab	oklab(29.99% 0.0978 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(29.99% 0.101 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1519, 2.3673, 1.4664)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#550F1E #0F5546

analogous

#550F41 #550F1E #55230F

triadic

#550F1E #1E550F #0F1E55

tetradic

#550F1E #41550F #0F5546 #230F55

square

#550F1E #41550F #0F5546 #230F55

split-complementary

#550F1E #0F5523 #0F4155

monochromatic

#1A0509 #21060C #550F1E #891830 #BD2143

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#550F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#550F1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #550F1E

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##550F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##550F1E	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22211E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34301C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #550f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 15, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.101 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5559',
    500: '#550f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #550f1e;
$custom-light: #8a5559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#550f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29991,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#550F1E

secondary

#318F7B

accent

#EDC73B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #550F1E

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

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