#55151E#55151E

#55151E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.094 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55151E
RGB	rgb(85, 21, 30)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.20, 30.06, 11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.20, 32.02, 20.15°)
OKLab	oklab(30.65% 0.0899 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(30.65% 0.094 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2492, 2.5620, 1.4988)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55151E #15554C

analogous

#55153E #55151E #552C15

triadic

#55151E #1E5515 #151E55

tetradic

#55151E #3E5515 #15554C #2C1555

square

#55151E #3E5515 #15554C #2C1555

split-complementary

#55151E #15552C #153E55

monochromatic

#190609 #24090D #55151E #86212F #B72D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#55151E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#55151E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55151E

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55151E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55151E	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26241E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36311C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0619

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55151e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 21, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.094 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5759',
    500: '#55151e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55151e;
$custom-light: #8a5759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55151e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.563,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30651,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55151E

secondary

#398D81

accent

#E4CD44

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55151E

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

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