#551012#551012

#551012 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.100 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551012
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 18)
HSL	hsl(358, 68%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, 31.37, 18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 36.20, 29.92°)
OKLab	oklab(29.84% 0.0913 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(29.84% 0.1 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0412, 2.3462, 0.8122)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551012 #105553

analogous

#551035 #551012 #553110

triadic

#551012 #125510 #101255

tetradic

#551012 #355510 #105553 #311055

square

#551012 #355510 #105553 #311055

split-complementary

#551012 #105531 #103555

monochromatic

#1A0505 #210607 #551012 #891A1D #BC2328

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#551012 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#551012 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551012

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551012	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551012	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551012;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.100 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b554f',
    500: '#551012',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551012;
$custom-light: #8b554f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551012",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.261,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29841,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551012

secondary

#328F8C

accent

#EBE63D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551012

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

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