#551211#551211

#551211 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.098 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551211
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 17)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.48, 30.52, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.48, 35.94, 31.88°)
OKLab	oklab(30.04% 0.0884 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(30.04% 0.098 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0643, 2.4050, 0.7804)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551211 #115455

analogous

#551132 #551211 #553411

triadic

#551211 #115512 #121155

tetradic

#551211 #325511 #115455 #341155

square

#551211 #325511 #115455 #341155

split-complementary

#551211 #115534 #113255

monochromatic

#1A0505 #220707 #551211 #881D1B #BB2825

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#551211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551211

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551211	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36300F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.098 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b564f',
    500: '#551211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551211;
$custom-light: #8b564f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.882,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30041,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551211

secondary

#348D8E

accent

#E7EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551211

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

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