#55170E#55170E

#55170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.094 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55170E
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(8, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.26, 28.14, 21.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.26, 35.44, 37.43°)
OKLab	oklab(30.61% 0.0802 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(30.61% 0.094 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1324, 2.5764, 0.6951)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55170E #0E4C55

analogous

#550E29 #55170E #553B0E

triadic

#55170E #0E5517 #170E55

tetradic

#55170E #29550E #0E4C55 #3B0E55

square

#55170E #29550E #0E4C55 #3B0E55

split-complementary

#55170E #0E553B #0E2955

monochromatic

#1A0704 #200905 #55170E #8A2517 #BE331F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#55170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#55170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55170E

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55170E	1.00	13.86	1.52	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29240D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38320C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0515

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.094 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b584d',
    500: '#55170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55170e;
$custom-light: #8b584d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.606,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3061,
    "c": 0.09369,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55170E

secondary

#30838F

accent

#D7EE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #55170E

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

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