#551A22#551A22

#551A22 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.087 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A22
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 34)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.17, 28.02, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.17, 29.59, 18.74°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% 0.0842 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.087 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.4048, 2.7861, 1.8189)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551A22 #1A554D

analogous

#551A40 #551A22 #55301A

triadic

#551A22 #22551A #1A2255

tetradic

#551A22 #40551A #1A554D #301A55

square

#551A22 #40551A #1A554D #301A55

split-complementary

#551A22 #1A5530 #1A4055

monochromatic

#170709 #260C0F #551A22 #842835 #B33747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#551A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#551A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A22

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A22	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0F1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.087 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a5c',
    500: '#551a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a22;
$custom-light: #895a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.864,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31405,
    "c": 0.08744,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A22

secondary

#408B81

accent

#DDC94B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0404

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A22

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

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