#55161E#55161E

#55161E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.093 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55161E
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 30)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.36, 29.60, 11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.36, 31.67, 20.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% 0.0885 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.093 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2680, 2.5994, 1.5050)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55161E #16554D

analogous

#55163D #55161E #552D16

triadic

#55161E #1E5516 #161E55

tetradic

#55161E #3D5516 #16554D #2D1655

square

#55161E #3D5516 #16554D #2D1655

split-complementary

#55161E #16552D #163D55

monochromatic

#180609 #24090D #55161E #86232F #B62F40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#55161E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#55161E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55161E

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55161E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55161E	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26241E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36321C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0719

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55161e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.093 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5859',
    500: '#55161e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55161e;
$custom-light: #8a5859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55161e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.381,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30775,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55161E

secondary

#3A8C82

accent

#E2CE46

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55161E

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

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