#55151D#55151D

#55151D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.094 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55151D
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 29)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 29.98, 11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 32.19, 21.33°)
OKLab	oklab(30.63% 0.0895 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(30.63% 0.094 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2367, 2.5569, 1.4326)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55151D #15554D

analogous

#55153D #55151D #552D15

triadic

#55151D #1D5515 #151D55

tetradic

#55151D #3D5515 #15554D #2D1555

square

#55151D #3D5515 #15554D #2D1555

split-complementary

#55151D #15552D #153D55

monochromatic

#190608 #24090C #55151D #86212E #B72D3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#55151D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#55151D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55151D

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55151D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55151D	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26241D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36311B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55151d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.094 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5758',
    500: '#55151d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55151d;
$custom-light: #8a5758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55151d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30627,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55151D

secondary

#398D82

accent

#E4D044

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55151D

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

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