#55111E#55111E

#55111E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.099 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55111E
RGB	rgb(85, 17, 30)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.58, 31.76, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.58, 33.36, 17.83°)
OKLab	oklab(30.2% 0.0954 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(30.2% 0.099 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1815, 2.4265, 1.4762)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55111E #115548

analogous

#551140 #55111E #552611

triadic

#55111E #1E5511 #111E55

tetradic

#55111E #405511 #115548 #261155

square

#55111E #405511 #115548 #261155

split-complementary

#55111E #115526 #114055

monochromatic

#1A0509 #22070C #55111E #881B30 #BB2542

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#55111E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#55111E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55111E

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55111E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55111E	1.00	14.14	1.49	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23221E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35301C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55111e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 17, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.099 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5659',
    500: '#55111e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55111e;
$custom-light: #8a5659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55111e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.529,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30195,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55111E

secondary

#348E7D

accent

#EAC93E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55111E

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

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