#55160C#55160C

#55160C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.095 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55160C
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 12)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.06, 28.53, 22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.06, 36.19, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(30.46% 0.0809 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(30.46% 0.095 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1001, 2.5323, 0.6206)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55160C #0C4B55

analogous

#550C27 #55160C #553B0C

triadic

#55160C #0C5516 #160C55

tetradic

#55160C #27550C #0C4B55 #3B0C55

square

#55160C #27550C #0C4B55 #3B0C55

split-complementary

#55160C #0C553B #0C2755

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1F0804 #55160C #8B2414 #C0321B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.94

#55160C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#55160C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55160C

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55160C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55160C	1.00	13.94	1.51	13.94
#FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28230A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383109

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0314

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55160c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.095 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b574c',
    500: '#55160c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55160c;
$custom-light: #8b574c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55160c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.219,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30455,
    "c": 0.09517,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55160C

secondary

#2D8390

accent

#D8F236

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #55160C

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

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