#55151A#55151A

#55151A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.094 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55151A
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 26)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.11, 29.76, 13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.11, 32.77, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(30.56% 0.0881 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(30.56% 0.094 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2014, 2.5428, 1.2467)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55151A #155550

analogous

#55153A #55151A #553015

triadic

#55151A #1A5515 #151A55

tetradic

#55151A #3A5515 #155550 #301555

square

#55151A #3A5515 #155550 #301555

split-complementary

#55151A #155530 #153A55

monochromatic

#190608 #24090B #55151A #862129 #B72D38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#55151A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#55151A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55151A

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55151A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55151A	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26241A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0517

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55151a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.094 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5756',
    500: '#55151a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55151a;
$custom-light: #8a5756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55151a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.313,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3056,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55151A

secondary

#398D86

accent

#E4D744

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55151A

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

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