#551118#551118

#551118 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.099 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551118
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 24)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(354, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.45, 31.33, 14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.45, 34.44, 24.55°)
OKLab	oklab(30.06% 0.0927 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(30.06% 0.099 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1121, 2.3988, 1.1105)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551118 #11554E

analogous

#55113A #551118 #552C11

triadic

#551118 #185511 #111855

tetradic

#551118 #3A5511 #11554E #2C1155

square

#551118 #3A5511 #11554E #2C1155

split-complementary

#551118 #11552C #113A55

monochromatic

#1A0507 #22070A #551118 #881B26 #BB2535

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#551118 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551118 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551118

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551118	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551118	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551118;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.099 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5554',
    500: '#551118',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551118;
$custom-light: #8b5554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551118",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.824,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30058,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551118

secondary

#348E85

accent

#EAD83E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551118

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

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