#551815#551815

#551815 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.091 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551815
RGB	rgb(85, 24, 21)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.54, 28.02, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.54, 33.15, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(30.85% 0.0815 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(30.85% 0.091 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2087, 2.6393, 0.9971)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551815 #155255

analogous

#551532 #551815 #553815

triadic

#551815 #155518 #181555

tetradic

#551815 #325515 #155255 #381555

square

#551815 #325515 #155255 #381555

split-complementary

#551815 #155538 #153255

monochromatic

#190706 #240A09 #551815 #862621 #B7342D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#551815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#551815 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551815

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551815	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)

#292514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0818

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 24, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.091 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5952',
    500: '#551815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551815;
$custom-light: #8a5952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.813,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30849,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551815

secondary

#39898D

accent

#DCE444

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551815

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

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