#55161B#55161B

#55161B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.093 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55161B
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.30, 29.37, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.30, 32.23, 24.32°)
OKLab	oklab(30.71% 0.0871 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(30.71% 0.093 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2315, 2.5848, 1.3128)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55161B #165550

analogous

#55163A #55161B #553016

triadic

#55161B #1B5516 #161B55

tetradic

#55161B #3A5516 #165550 #301655

square

#55161B #3A5516 #165550 #301655

split-complementary

#55161B #165530 #163A55

monochromatic

#180608 #24090C #55161B #86232A #B62F3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#55161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#55161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55161B

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55161B	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27241B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.093 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5857',
    500: '#55161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55161b;
$custom-light: #8a5857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.238,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30706,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55161B

secondary

#3A8C86

accent

#E2D646

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55161B

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

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