#55121F#55121F

#55121F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.098 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55121F
RGB	rgb(85, 18, 31)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.75, 31.43, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.75, 32.90, 17.19°)
OKLab	oklab(30.33% 0.0945 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(30.33% 0.098 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2104, 2.4634, 1.5498)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55121F #125548

analogous

#551241 #55121F #552612

triadic

#55121F #1F5512 #121F55

tetradic

#55121F #415512 #125548 #261255

square

#55121F #415512 #125548 #261255

split-complementary

#55121F #125526 #124155

monochromatic

#190509 #22070D #55121F #881D31 #BA2744

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#55121F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#55121F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55121F

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55121F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55121F	1.00	14.07	1.49	14.07
#FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#24231F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35311D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0217

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55121f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 18, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.098 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a565a',
    500: '#55121f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55121f;
$custom-light: #8a565a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55121f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.358,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30328,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55121F

secondary

#358E7D

accent

#E8C740

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55121F

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

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