#55161F#55161F

#55161F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.093 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55161F
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 31)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.39, 29.69, 10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.39, 31.51, 19.60°)
OKLab	oklab(30.8% 0.0889 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(30.8% 0.093 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2810, 2.6046, 1.5734)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55161F #16554C

analogous

#55163E #55161F #552C16

triadic

#55161F #1F5516 #161F55

tetradic

#55161F #3E5516 #16554C #2C1655

square

#55161F #3E5516 #16554C #2C1655

split-complementary

#55161F #16552C #163E55

monochromatic

#180609 #24090D #55161F #862331 #B62F42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#55161F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#55161F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55161F

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55161F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55161F	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26251F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36321D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E081A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55161f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.093 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a585a',
    500: '#55161f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55161f;
$custom-light: #8a585a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55161f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30799,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55161F

secondary

#3A8C81

accent

#E2CC46

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55161F

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

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