#55151C#55151C

#55151C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.094 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55151C
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 28)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 67.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.15, 29.90, 12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.15, 32.37, 22.50°)
OKLab	oklab(30.6% 0.089 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(30.6% 0.094 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2245, 2.5521, 1.3685)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55151C #15554E

analogous

#55153C #55151C #552E15

triadic

#55151C #1C5515 #151C55

tetradic

#55151C #3C5515 #15554E #2E1555

square

#55151C #3C5515 #15554E #2E1555

split-complementary

#55151C #15552E #153C55

monochromatic

#190608 #24090C #55151C #86212C #B72D3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#55151C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#55151C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55151C

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55151C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55151C	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26241C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36311A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0518

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55151c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.094 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5757',
    500: '#55151c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55151c;
$custom-light: #8a5757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55151c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.438,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30604,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55151C

secondary

#398D84

accent

#E4D244

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55151C

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

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