#551914#551914

#551914 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.090 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551914
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 20)
HSL	hsl(5, 62%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.70, 27.47, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.70, 33.16, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(30.97% 0.0795 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(30.97% 0.09 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2207, 2.6777, 0.9563)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551914 #145055

analogous

#55142F #551914 #553914

triadic

#551914 #145519 #191455

tetradic

#551914 #2F5514 #145055 #391455

square

#551914 #2F5514 #145055 #391455

split-complementary

#551914 #145539 #142F55

monochromatic

#190706 #230A08 #551914 #872820 #B8362B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.68

#551914 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#551914 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551914

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551914	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551914	1.00	13.68	1.54	13.68
#FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0A18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551914;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.090 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5951',
    500: '#551914',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551914;
$custom-light: #8a5951;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551914",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30969,
    "c": 0.09019,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551914

secondary

#38868D

accent

#D9E543

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551914

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

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