#551812#551812

#551812 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.092 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551812
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 18)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 27.86, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 34.05, 35.12°)
OKLab	oklab(30.8% 0.0802 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(30.8% 0.092 29)
XYZ	xyz(4.1826, 2.6288, 0.8593)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551812 #124F55

analogous

#55122D #551812 #553912

triadic

#551812 #125518 #181255

tetradic

#551812 #2D5512 #124F55 #391255

square

#551812 #2D5512 #124F55 #391255

split-complementary

#551812 #125539 #122D55

monochromatic

#190705 #220A07 #551812 #88261D #BA3527

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#551812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#551812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551812

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551812	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)

#292511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0717

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.092 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5950',
    500: '#551812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551812;
$custom-light: #8b5950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.373,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.308,
    "c": 0.09175,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.02628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551812

secondary

#35868E

accent

#D9E840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551812

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

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