#551A12#551A12

#551A12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.089 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A12
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 18)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.86, 26.86, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.86, 33.50, 36.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.08% 0.0771 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(31.08% 0.089 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2253, 2.7144, 0.8736)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A12 #124D55

analogous

#55122B #551A12 #553B12

triadic

#551A12 #12551A #1A1255

tetradic

#551A12 #2B5512 #124D55 #3B1255

square

#551A12 #2B5512 #124D55 #3B1255

split-complementary

#551A12 #12553B #122B55

monochromatic

#190805 #220B07 #551A12 #88291D #BA3927

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.61

#551A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#551A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A12

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A12	1.00	13.61	1.54	13.61
#FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0B18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.089 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5a50',
    500: '#551a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a12;
$custom-light: #8a5a50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.164,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31078,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A12

secondary

#35838E

accent

#D4E840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A12

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

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