#551212#551212

#551212 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.098 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551212
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 18)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.50, 30.57, 18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.50, 35.68, 31.05°)
OKLab	oklab(30.06% 0.0888 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(30.06% 0.098 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0723, 2.4082, 0.8226)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551212 #125555

analogous

#551233 #551212 #553312

triadic

#551212 #125512 #121255

tetradic

#551212 #335512 #125555 #331255

square

#551212 #335512 #125555 #331255

split-complementary

#551212 #125533 #123355

monochromatic

#190505 #220707 #551212 #881D1D #BA2727

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.17

#551212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551212

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551212	1.00	14.17	1.48	14.17
#FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.098 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5650',
    500: '#551212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551212;
$custom-light: #8b5650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30057,
    "c": 0.09823,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551212

secondary

#358E8E

accent

#E8E840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551212

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →