#55161A#55161A

#55161A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.093 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55161A
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.28, 29.30, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.28, 32.45, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(30.68% 0.0867 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(30.68% 0.093 21)
XYZ	xyz(4.2201, 2.5803, 1.2529)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55161A #165551

analogous

#551639 #55161A #553116

triadic

#55161A #1A5516 #161A55

tetradic

#55161A #395516 #165551 #311655

square

#55161A #395516 #165551 #311655

split-complementary

#55161A #165531 #163955

monochromatic

#180607 #24090B #55161A #862329 #B62F38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#55161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#55161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55161A

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55161A	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27241A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.093 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5856',
    500: '#55161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55161a;
$custom-light: #8a5856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.19,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30684,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.0258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55161A

secondary

#3A8C87

accent

#E2D846

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55161A

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

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