#551016#551016

#551016 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.100 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551016
RGB	rgb(85, 16, 22)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.28, 31.60, 15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.28, 35.19, 26.12°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.093 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.1 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0769, 2.3604, 0.9998)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551016 #10554F

analogous

#551038 #551016 #552D10

triadic

#551016 #165510 #101655

tetradic

#551016 #385510 #10554F #2D1055

square

#551016 #385510 #10554F #2D1055

split-complementary

#551016 #10552D #103855

monochromatic

#1A0507 #210609 #551016 #891A23 #BC2331

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#551016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#551016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551016

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551016	1.00	14.27	1.47	14.27
#FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 16, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.100 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5553',
    500: '#551016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551016;
$custom-light: #8b5553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.783,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29913,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551016

secondary

#328F86

accent

#EBDC3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551016

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

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