#551A28#551A28

#551A28 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.088 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551A28
RGB	rgb(85, 26, 40)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(346, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 52.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.32, 28.61, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.32, 29.13, 10.87°)
OKLab	oklab(31.57% 0.0869 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(31.57% 0.088 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4991, 2.8238, 2.3152)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#551A28 #1A5547

analogous

#551A46 #551A28 #552A1A

triadic

#551A28 #28551A #1A2855

tetradic

#551A28 #46551A #1A5547 #2A1A55

square

#551A28 #46551A #1A5547 #2A1A55

split-complementary

#551A28 #1A552A #1A4655

monochromatic

#17070B #260C12 #551A28 #84283E #B33754

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#551A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#551A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551A28

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551A28	1.00	13.42	1.56	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D111F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 26, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.088 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895a61',
    500: '#551a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551a28;
$custom-light: #895a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.763,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31575,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551A28

secondary

#408B79

accent

#DDBA4B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0405

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551A28

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

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