#551115#551115

#551115 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.099 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551115
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 21)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.40, 31.14, 16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.40, 35.17, 27.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30% 0.0913 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(30% 0.099 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0826, 2.3870, 0.9551)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551115 #115551

analogous

#551137 #551115 #552F11

triadic

#551115 #155511 #111555

tetradic

#551115 #375511 #115551 #2F1155

square

#551115 #375511 #115551 #2F1155

split-complementary

#551115 #11552F #113755

monochromatic

#1A0506 #220708 #551115 #881B22 #BB252E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#551115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551115

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551115	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)

#252115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.099 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5552',
    500: '#551115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551115;
$custom-light: #8b5552;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29999,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551115

secondary

#348E89

accent

#EAE03E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551115

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

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