#55160E#55160E

#55160E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.095 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55160E
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 14)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.09, 28.61, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.09, 35.69, 36.71°)
OKLab	oklab(30.48% 0.0817 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(30.48% 0.095 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.1130, 2.5374, 0.6886)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55160E #0E4D55

analogous

#550E2A #55160E #553A0E

triadic

#55160E #0E5516 #160E55

tetradic

#55160E #2A550E #0E4D55 #3A0E55

square

#55160E #2A550E #0E4D55 #3A0E55

split-complementary

#55160E #0E553A #0E2A55

monochromatic

#1A0704 #200805 #55160E #8A2417 #BE311F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#55160E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#55160E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55160E

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55160E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55160E	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28230D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38310C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0315

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55160e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.095 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b584d',
    500: '#55160e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55160e;
$custom-light: #8b584d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55160e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.761,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3048,
    "c": 0.09475,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55160E

secondary

#30858F

accent

#DAEE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #55160E

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

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