#551014#551014

#551014 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.100 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551014
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 20)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.24, 31.48, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.24, 35.69, 28.12°)
OKLab	oklab(29.88% 0.0922 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(29.88% 0.1 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0583, 2.3530, 0.9022)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551014 #105551

analogous

#551036 #551014 #552F10

triadic

#551014 #145510 #101455

tetradic

#551014 #365510 #105551 #2F1055

square

#551014 #365510 #105551 #2F1055

split-complementary

#551014 #10552F #103655

monochromatic

#1A0506 #210608 #551014 #891A20 #BC232C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.28

#551014 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#551014 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551014

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551014	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551014	1.00	14.28	1.47	14.28
#FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551014;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.100 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5551',
    500: '#551014',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551014;
$custom-light: #8b5551;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551014",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29875,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551014

secondary

#328F89

accent

#EBE13D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551014

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

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