#551210#551210

#551210 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.099 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551210
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 16)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 81.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.47, 30.47, 19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.47, 36.19, 32.66°)
OKLab	oklab(30.03% 0.088 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(30.03% 0.099 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0566, 2.4019, 0.7401)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551210 #105355

analogous

#551031 #551210 #553510

triadic

#551210 #105512 #121055

tetradic

#551210 #315510 #105355 #351055

square

#551210 #315510 #105355 #351055

split-complementary

#551210 #105535 #103155

monochromatic

#1A0505 #210706 #551210 #891D1A #BC2823

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#551210 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551210 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551210

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551210	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551210	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)

#26220F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36300E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551210;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.099 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b564e',
    500: '#551210',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551210;
$custom-light: #8b564e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551210",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.739,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30026,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551210

secondary

#328C8F

accent

#E6EB3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #551210

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

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