#551316#551316

#551316 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.097 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551316
RGB	rgb(85, 19, 22)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.72, 30.37, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.72, 34.34, 27.83°)
OKLab	oklab(30.24% 0.0891 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(30.24% 0.097 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1244, 2.4556, 1.0157)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551316 #135552

analogous

#551337 #551316 #553113

triadic

#551316 #165513 #131655

tetradic

#551316 #375513 #135552 #311355

square

#551316 #375513 #135552 #311355

split-complementary

#551316 #135531 #133755

monochromatic

#190606 #230809 #551316 #871E23 #B92930

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#551316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#551316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551316

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551316	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 19, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.097 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5653',
    500: '#551316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551316;
$custom-light: #8b5653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30241,
    "c": 0.09666,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551316

secondary

#368D89

accent

#E6DF41

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551316

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

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