#551114#551114

#551114 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.099 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551114
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 20)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.38, 31.09, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.38, 35.43, 28.66°)
OKLab	oklab(29.98% 0.0909 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(29.98% 0.099 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0735, 2.3833, 0.9072)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551114 #115552

analogous

#551136 #551114 #553011

triadic

#551114 #145511 #111455

tetradic

#551114 #365511 #115552 #301155

square

#551114 #365511 #115552 #301155

split-complementary

#551114 #115530 #113655

monochromatic

#1A0506 #220708 #551114 #881B20 #BB252C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#551114 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551114 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551114

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551114	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551114	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551114;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.099 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5551',
    500: '#551114',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551114;
$custom-light: #8b5551;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551114",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29981,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551114

secondary

#348E8A

accent

#EAE23E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551114

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

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