#551217#551217

#551217 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.098 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551217
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 23)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.58, 30.86, 15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.58, 34.38, 26.18°)
OKLab	oklab(30.15% 0.0909 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(30.15% 0.098 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1177, 2.4264, 1.0620)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551217 #125550

analogous

#551239 #551217 #552E12

triadic

#551217 #175512 #121755

tetradic

#551217 #395512 #125550 #2E1255

square

#551217 #395512 #125550 #2E1255

split-complementary

#551217 #12552E #123955

monochromatic

#190507 #220709 #551217 #881D25 #BA2732

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#551217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#551217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551217

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551217	1.00	14.14	1.49	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.098 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5653',
    500: '#551217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551217;
$custom-light: #8b5653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30147,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551217

secondary

#358E87

accent

#E8DB40

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551217

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

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