#551912#551912

#551912 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.091 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551912
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 18)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.67, 27.36, 19.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.67, 33.78, 35.90°)
OKLab	oklab(30.94% 0.0787 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(30.94% 0.091 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2036, 2.6708, 0.8663)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551912 #124E55

analogous

#55122C #551912 #553B12

triadic

#551912 #125519 #191255

tetradic

#551912 #2C5512 #124E55 #3B1255

square

#551912 #2C5512 #124E55 #3B1255

split-complementary

#551912 #12553B #122C55

monochromatic

#190705 #220A07 #551912 #88281D #BA3727

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#551912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#551912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551912

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551912	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0918

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.091 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5950',
    500: '#551912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551912;
$custom-light: #8b5950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.269,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30938,
    "c": 0.09062,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551912

secondary

#35848E

accent

#D6E840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551912

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

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