#551712#551712

#551712 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.093 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551712
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 18)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.31, 28.33, 19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.31, 34.33, 34.37°)
OKLab	oklab(30.67% 0.0817 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(30.67% 0.093 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1623, 2.5884, 0.8526)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551712 #125055

analogous

#55122E #551712 #553912

triadic

#551712 #125517 #171255

tetradic

#551712 #2E5512 #125055 #391255

square

#551712 #2E5512 #125055 #391255

split-complementary

#551712 #125539 #122E55

monochromatic

#190705 #220907 #551712 #88251D #BA3227

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#551712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#551712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551712

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551712	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0616

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.093 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5850',
    500: '#551712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551712;
$custom-light: #8b5850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.478,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30667,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551712

secondary

#35878E

accent

#DBE840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #551712

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

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