#551412#551412

#551412 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.096 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551412
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 18)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.81, 29.71, 18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.81, 35.15, 32.29°)
OKLab	oklab(30.29% 0.0861 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(30.29% 0.096 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.1061, 2.4759, 0.8338)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551412 #125355

analogous

#551231 #551412 #553512

triadic

#551412 #125514 #141255

tetradic

#551412 #315512 #125355 #351255

square

#551412 #315512 #125355 #351255

split-complementary

#551412 #125535 #123155

monochromatic

#190605 #220807 #551412 #88201D #BA2C27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#551412 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#551412 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551412

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551412	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551412	1.00	14.05	1.50	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0114

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551412;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.096 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5750',
    500: '#551412',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551412;
$custom-light: #8b5750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551412",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.791,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30289,
    "c": 0.09613,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551412

secondary

#358B8E

accent

#E3E840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551412

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

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