#551811#551811

#551811 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.092 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551811
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 17)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.48, 27.80, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.48, 34.35, 35.96°)
OKLab	oklab(30.79% 0.0798 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(30.79% 0.092 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.1746, 2.6256, 0.8172)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551811 #114E55

analogous

#55112C #551811 #553A11

triadic

#551811 #115518 #181155

tetradic

#551811 #2C5511 #114E55 #3A1155

square

#551811 #2C5511 #114E55 #3A1155

split-complementary

#551811 #11553A #112C55

monochromatic

#1A0705 #220A07 #551811 #88261B #BB3525

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#551811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#551811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551811

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551811	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38320F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0717

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.092 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b594f',
    500: '#551811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551811;
$custom-light: #8b594f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.176,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30785,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551811

secondary

#34858E

accent

#D8EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551811

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

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