#551311#551311

#551311 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.097 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551311
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 17)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.64, 30.10, 19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.64, 35.68, 32.49°)
OKLab	oklab(30.16% 0.087 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(30.16% 0.097 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0808, 2.4381, 0.7859)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551311 #115355

analogous

#551131 #551311 #553511

triadic

#551311 #115513 #131155

tetradic

#551311 #315511 #115355 #351155

square

#551311 #315511 #115355 #351155

split-complementary

#551311 #115535 #113155

monochromatic

#1A0605 #220807 #551311 #881E1B #BB2A25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#551311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#551311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551311

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551311	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37300F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.097 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b564f',
    500: '#551311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551311;
$custom-light: #8b564f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30156,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551311

secondary

#348B8E

accent

#E5EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551311

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

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