#551111#551111

#551111 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.099 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551111
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 17)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(0, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.34, 30.93, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.34, 36.20, 31.30°)
OKLab	oklab(29.93% 0.0896 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(29.93% 0.099 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0484, 2.3733, 0.7751)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551111 #115555

analogous

#551133 #551111 #553311

triadic

#551111 #115511 #111155

tetradic

#551111 #335511 #115555 #331155

square

#551111 #335511 #115555 #331155

split-complementary

#551111 #115533 #113355

monochromatic

#1A0505 #220707 #551111 #881B1B #BB2525

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#551111 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#551111 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551111

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551111	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551111	1.00	14.24	1.47	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36300F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551111;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.099 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b554f',
    500: '#551111',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551111;
$custom-light: #8b554f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551111",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29931,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551111

secondary

#348E8E

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551111

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

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