#551A0F#551A0F

#551A0F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.090 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A0F
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 15)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.82, 26.71, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.82, 34.40, 39.08°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% 0.076 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.09 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2024, 2.7052, 0.7527)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A0F #0F4A55

analogous

#550F27 #551A0F #553D0F

triadic

#551A0F #0F551A #1A0F55

tetradic

#551A0F #27550F #0F4A55 #3D0F55

square

#551A0F #27550F #0F4A55 #3D0F55

split-complementary

#551A0F #0F553D #0F2755

monochromatic

#1A0805 #210A06 #551A0F #892A18 #BD3A21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#551A0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#551A0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A0F

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A0F	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)

#2B260D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0B18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.090 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5a4e',
    500: '#551a0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a0f;
$custom-light: #8b5a4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.429,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31036,
    "c": 0.09022,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A0F

secondary

#31808F

accent

#D1ED3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A0F

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

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