#551112#551112

#551112 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.099 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551112
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 18)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.35, 30.98, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.35, 35.94, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(29.95% 0.0901 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(29.95% 0.099 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0564, 2.3765, 0.8173)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551112 #115554

analogous

#551134 #551112 #553211

triadic

#551112 #125511 #111255

tetradic

#551112 #345511 #115554 #321155

square

#551112 #345511 #115554 #321155

split-complementary

#551112 #115532 #113455

monochromatic

#1A0505 #220707 #551112 #881B1D #BB2528

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#551112 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551112 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551112

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551112	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551112	1.00	14.24	1.48	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551112;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.099 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5550',
    500: '#551112',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551112;
$custom-light: #8b5550;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551112",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.118,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29947,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551112

secondary

#348E8D

accent

#EAE73E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551112

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

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