#551916#551916

#551916 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.090 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551916
RGB	rgb(85, 25, 22)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.6%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.74, 27.59, 17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.74, 32.55, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(31% 0.0803 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(31% 0.09 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2392, 2.6851, 1.0539)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551916 #165255

analogous

#551632 #551916 #553816

triadic

#551916 #165519 #191655

tetradic

#551916 #325516 #165255 #381655

square

#551916 #325516 #165255 #381655

split-complementary

#551916 #165538 #163255

monochromatic

#180706 #240B09 #551916 #862723 #B6362F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#551916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#551916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551916

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551916	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0A19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 25, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.090 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5953',
    500: '#551916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551916;
$custom-light: #8a5953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31004,
    "c": 0.08981,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551916

secondary

#3A888C

accent

#DBE246

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551916

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

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