#55170F#55170F

#55170F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.093 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55170F
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 15)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, 28.19, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 35.17, 36.74°)
OKLab	oklab(30.62% 0.0806 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(30.62% 0.093 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.1394, 2.5792, 0.7317)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55170F #0F4D55

analogous

#550F2A #55170F #553A0F

triadic

#55170F #0F5517 #170F55

tetradic

#55170F #2A550F #0F4D55 #3A0F55

square

#55170F #2A550F #0F4D55 #3A0F55

split-complementary

#55170F #0F553A #0F2A55

monochromatic

#1A0705 #210906 #55170F #892518 #BD3321

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#55170F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#55170F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55170F

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55170F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55170F	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29240E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38320D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0516

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55170f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.093 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b584e',
    500: '#55170f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55170f;
$custom-light: #8b584e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55170f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30623,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55170F

secondary

#31848F

accent

#D8ED3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #55170F

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

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