#551213#551213

#551213 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.098 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551213
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 19)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 77.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.51, 30.62, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.51, 35.42, 30.17°)
OKLab	oklab(30.07% 0.0892 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(30.07% 0.098 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0806, 2.4115, 0.8666)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551213 #125554

analogous

#551235 #551213 #553212

triadic

#551213 #135512 #121355

tetradic

#551213 #355512 #125554 #321255

square

#551213 #355512 #125554 #321255

split-complementary

#551213 #125532 #123555

monochromatic

#190506 #220708 #551213 #881D1E #BA272A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.17

#551213 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551213 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551213

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551213	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551213	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)

#252212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551213;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.098 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5650',
    500: '#551213',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551213;
$custom-light: #8b5650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551213",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.104,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30074,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551213

secondary

#358E8C

accent

#E8E640

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551213

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

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