#55171D#55171D

#55171D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.091 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55171D
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 29)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 29.06, 12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 31.49, 22.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30.88% 0.0865 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(30.88% 0.091 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2749, 2.6334, 1.4453)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55171D #17554F

analogous

#55173C #55171D #553017

triadic

#55171D #1D5517 #171D55

tetradic

#55171D #3C5517 #17554F #301755

square

#55171D #3C5517 #17554F #301755

split-complementary

#55171D #175530 #173C55

monochromatic

#180708 #250A0D #55171D #85242D #B5313E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#55171D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#55171D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55171D

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55171D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55171D	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27251D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37321B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E091A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55171d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.091 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5858',
    500: '#55171d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55171d;
$custom-light: #8a5858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55171d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.194,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30879,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55171D

secondary

#3C8C84

accent

#E1D247

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #55171D

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

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