#551214#551214

#551214 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.098 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551214
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 20)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.53, 30.68, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.53, 35.16, 29.24°)
OKLab	oklab(30.09% 0.0896 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(30.09% 0.098 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0893, 2.4150, 0.9125)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551214 #125553

analogous

#551235 #551214 #553112

triadic

#551214 #145512 #121455

tetradic

#551214 #355512 #125553 #311255

square

#551214 #355512 #125553 #311255

split-complementary

#551214 #125531 #123555

monochromatic

#190506 #220708 #551214 #881D20 #BA272C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#551214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#551214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551214

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551214	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.098 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5651',
    500: '#551214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551214;
$custom-light: #8b5651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.209,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30091,
    "c": 0.09795,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551214

secondary

#358E8B

accent

#E8E340

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551214

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

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