#55140E#55140E

#55140E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.097 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55140E
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 14)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.75, 29.52, 20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.75, 36.19, 35.35°)
OKLab	oklab(30.23% 0.0845 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(30.23% 0.097 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0762, 2.4639, 0.6763)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55140E #0E4F55

analogous

#550E2C #55140E #55380E

triadic

#55140E #0E5514 #140E55

tetradic

#55140E #2C550E #0E4F55 #380E55

square

#55140E #2C550E #0E4F55 #380E55

split-complementary

#55140E #0E5538 #0E2C55

monochromatic

#1A0604 #200805 #55140E #8A2017 #BE2D1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#55140E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#55140E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55140E

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#27220D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37310B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55140e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.097 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b574d',
    500: '#55140e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55140e;
$custom-light: #8b574d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55140e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.07,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30231,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55140E

secondary

#30878F

accent

#DFEE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #55140E

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

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