#551415#551415

#551415 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.096 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551415
RGB	rgb(85, 20, 21)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.86, 29.88, 16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.86, 34.32, 29.48°)
OKLab	oklab(30.34% 0.0873 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(30.34% 0.096 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1323, 2.4864, 0.9716)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551415 #145554

analogous

#551435 #551415 #553314

triadic

#551415 #155514 #141555

tetradic

#551415 #355514 #145554 #331455

square

#551415 #355514 #145554 #331455

split-complementary

#551415 #145533 #143555

monochromatic

#190606 #230809 #551415 #872021 #B82B2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.03

#551415 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#551415 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551415

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551415	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551415	1.00	14.03	1.50	14.03
#FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0215

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551415;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 20, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.096 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5752',
    500: '#551415',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551415;
$custom-light: #8b5752;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551415",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.077,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3034,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551415

secondary

#388D8C

accent

#E5E243

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551415

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

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