#551A11#551A11

#551A11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.090 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A11
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 17)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.85, 26.80, 20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.85, 33.81, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(31.06% 0.0767 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(31.06% 0.09 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2173, 2.7112, 0.8314)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A11 #114C55

analogous

#55112A #551A11 #553C11

triadic

#551A11 #11551A #1A1155

tetradic

#551A11 #2A5511 #114C55 #3C1155

square

#551A11 #2A5511 #114C55 #3C1155

split-complementary

#551A11 #11553C #112A55

monochromatic

#1A0805 #220A07 #551A11 #882A1B #BB3925

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#551A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#551A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A11

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A11	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0B18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.090 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5a4f',
    500: '#551a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a11;
$custom-light: #8b5a4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31064,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A11

secondary

#34828E

accent

#D3EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A11

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

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