#55161D#55161D

#55161D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.093 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55161D
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 29)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.34, 29.52, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.34, 31.84, 21.99°)
OKLab	oklab(30.75% 0.088 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(30.75% 0.093 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2554, 2.5944, 1.4389)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55161D #16554E

analogous

#55163C #55161D #552E16

triadic

#55161D #1D5516 #161D55

tetradic

#55161D #3C5516 #16554E #2E1655

square

#55161D #3C5516 #16554E #2E1655

split-complementary

#55161D #16552E #163C55

monochromatic

#180608 #24090C #55161D #86232E #B62F3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#55161D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#55161D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55161D

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55161D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55161D	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26241D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36321B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0719

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55161d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.093 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5858',
    500: '#55161d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55161d;
$custom-light: #8a5858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55161d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30751,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55161D

secondary

#3A8C83

accent

#E2D146

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55161D

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

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