#551A0E#551A0E

#551A0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.090 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A0E
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 14)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(10, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.81, 26.66, 22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.81, 34.69, 39.77°)
OKLab	oklab(31.02% 0.0756 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(31.02% 0.09 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1954, 2.7024, 0.7161)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A0E #0E4955

analogous

#550E26 #551A0E #553E0E

triadic

#551A0E #0E551A #1A0E55

tetradic

#551A0E #26550E #0E4955 #3E0E55

square

#551A0E #26550E #0E4955 #3E0E55

split-complementary

#551A0E #0E553E #0E2655

monochromatic

#1A0804 #200A05 #551A0E #8A2A17 #BE3A1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#551A0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#551A0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A0E

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A0E	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B260C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0A18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.090 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5a4d',
    500: '#551a0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a0e;
$custom-light: #8b5a4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.141,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31023,
    "c": 0.09046,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A0E

secondary

#307F8F

accent

#D0EE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A0E

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

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