#55171E#55171E

#55171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.091 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55171E
RGB	rgb(85, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.53, 29.14, 11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.53, 31.32, 21.49°)
OKLab	oklab(30.9% 0.087 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(30.9% 0.091 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2875, 2.6384, 1.5115)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55171E #17554E

analogous

#55173D #55171E #552F17

triadic

#55171E #1E5517 #171E55

tetradic

#55171E #3D5517 #17554E #2F1755

square

#55171E #3D5517 #17554E #2F1755

split-complementary

#55171E #17552F #173D55

monochromatic

#180708 #250A0D #55171E #85242F #B53140

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#55171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#55171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55171E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55171E	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27251E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37321C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E091A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.091 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5859',
    500: '#55171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55171e;
$custom-light: #8a5859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.226,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30902,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55171E

secondary

#3C8C83

accent

#E1CF47

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0403

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55171E

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

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