#55140F#55140F

#55140F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.097 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55140F
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 15)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.77, 29.57, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.77, 35.94, 34.65°)
OKLab	oklab(30.25% 0.0849 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(30.25% 0.097 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.0832, 2.4667, 0.7130)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55140F #0F5055

analogous

#550F2D #55140F #55370F

triadic

#55140F #0F5514 #140F55

tetradic

#55140F #2D550F #0F5055 #370F55

square

#55140F #2D550F #0F5055 #370F55

split-complementary

#55140F #0F5537 #0F2D55

monochromatic

#1A0605 #210806 #55140F #892018 #BD2C21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.06

#55140F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#55140F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55140F

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55140F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55140F	1.00	14.06	1.49	14.06
#FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27220E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37310D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55140f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.097 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b574e',
    500: '#55140f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55140f;
$custom-light: #8b574e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55140f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30245,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55140F

secondary

#31888F

accent

#E0ED3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #55140F

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

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