#551B2A#551B2A

#551B2A is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.087 H 7.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551B2A
RGB	rgb(85, 27, 42)
HSL	hsl(344, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(344, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.57, 28.32, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.57, 28.67, 8.89°)
OKLab	oklab(31.78% 0.0862 0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(31.78% 0.087 7.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5565, 2.8829, 2.5065)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551B2A #1B5546

analogous

#551B47 #551B2A #55291B

triadic

#551B2A #2A551B #1B2A55

tetradic

#551B2A #47551B #1B5546 #291B55

square

#551B2A #47551B #1B5546 #291B55

split-complementary

#551B2A #1B5529 #1B4755

monochromatic

#17070B #270C13 #551B2A #832A41 #B23958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#551B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551B2A

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551B2A	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27282A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1321

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 27, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.087 7.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b63',
    500: '#551b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551b2a;
$custom-light: #885b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.483,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31776,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 7.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551B2A

secondary

#418B78

accent

#DBB64D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9EA

border

#CBC5C6

text

#0C0405

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551B2A

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

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