#55170C#55170C

#55170C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.094 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55170C
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 12)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(9, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.24, 28.06, 22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.24, 35.95, 38.70°)
OKLab	oklab(30.59% 0.0795 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(30.59% 0.094 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1195, 2.5712, 0.6271)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55170C #0C4A55

analogous

#550C26 #55170C #553C0C

triadic

#55170C #0C5517 #170C55

tetradic

#55170C #26550C #0C4A55 #3C0C55

square

#55170C #26550C #0C4A55 #3C0C55

split-complementary

#55170C #0C553C #0C2655

monochromatic

#1B0704 #1F0804 #55170C #8B2614 #C0341B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#55170C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#55170C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55170C

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55170C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55170C	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29240A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383209

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0515

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55170c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.094 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b584c',
    500: '#55170c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55170c;
$custom-light: #8b584c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55170c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.041,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30586,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55170C

secondary

#2D8190

accent

#D6F236

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #55170C

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

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