#55121B#55121B

#55121B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.097 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55121B
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 27)
HSL	hsl(352, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(352, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.66, 31.13, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.66, 33.52, 21.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.23% 0.0927 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(30.23% 0.097 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1609, 2.4436, 1.2893)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55121B #12554C

analogous

#55123D #55121B #552A12

triadic

#55121B #1B5512 #121B55

tetradic

#55121B #3D5512 #12554C #2A1255

square

#55121B #3D5512 #12554C #2A1255

split-complementary

#55121B #12552A #123D55

monochromatic

#190508 #22070B #55121B #881D2B #BA273B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#55121B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#55121B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55121B

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55121B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55121B	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24221B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55121b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.097 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5657',
    500: '#55121b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55121b;
$custom-light: #8a5657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55121b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.94,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30232,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55121B

secondary

#358E82

accent

#E8D140

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55121B

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

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