#551411#551411

#551411 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.096 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551411
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 17)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.79, 29.66, 19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.79, 35.42, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(30.27% 0.0857 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(30.27% 0.096 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0981, 2.4727, 0.7917)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551411 #115255

analogous

#551130 #551411 #553611

triadic

#551411 #115514 #141155

tetradic

#551411 #305511 #115255 #361155

square

#551411 #305511 #115255 #361155

split-complementary

#551411 #115536 #113055

monochromatic

#1A0605 #220807 #551411 #88201B #BB2C25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#551411 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#551411 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551411

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551411	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551411	1.00	14.05	1.49	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37310F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0114

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551411;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.096 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b574f',
    500: '#551411',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551411;
$custom-light: #8b574f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551411",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.647,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30274,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551411

secondary

#348A8E

accent

#E2EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551411

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

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