#551218#551218

#551218 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.098 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551218
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 24)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 71.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.60, 30.92, 14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.60, 34.15, 25.11°)
OKLab	oklab(30.17% 0.0914 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(30.17% 0.098 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1279, 2.4305, 1.1157)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551218 #12554F

analogous

#551239 #551218 #552D12

triadic

#551218 #185512 #121855

tetradic

#551218 #395512 #12554F #2D1255

square

#551218 #395512 #12554F #2D1255

split-complementary

#551218 #12552D #123955

monochromatic

#190507 #22070A #551218 #881D26 #BA2735

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.13

#551218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#551218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551218

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551218	1.00	14.13	1.49	14.13
#FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.098 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5654',
    500: '#551218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551218;
$custom-light: #8a5654;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.627,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30167,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551218

secondary

#358E86

accent

#E8D940

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551218

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

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