#55140C#55140C

#55140C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.097 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55140C
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 12)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.73, 29.44, 21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.73, 36.67, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(30.21% 0.0838 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(30.21% 0.097 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0633, 2.4588, 0.6084)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55140C #0C4D55

analogous

#550C29 #55140C #55390C

triadic

#55140C #0C5514 #140C55

tetradic

#55140C #29550C #0C4D55 #390C55

square

#55140C #29550C #0C4D55 #390C55

split-complementary

#55140C #0C5539 #0C2955

monochromatic

#1B0604 #1F0704 #55140C #8B2114 #C02D1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#55140C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#55140C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55140C

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55140C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55140C	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)

#27220A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373109

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55140c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.097 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b564c',
    500: '#55140c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55140c;
$custom-light: #8b564c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55140c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.575,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30206,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55140C

secondary

#2D8590

accent

#DDF236

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #55140C

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

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