#551B2E#551B2E

#551B2E is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.088 H 3.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551B2E
RGB	rgb(85, 27, 46)
HSL	hsl(340, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(340, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.69, 28.78, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.69, 28.84, 3.56°)
OKLab	oklab(31.91% 0.0879 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(31.91% 0.088 3.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6317, 2.9130, 2.9026)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551B2E #1B5542

analogous

#551B4B #551B2E #55251B

triadic

#551B2E #2E551B #1B2E55

tetradic

#551B2E #4B551B #1B5542 #251B55

square

#551B2E #4B551B #1B5542 #251B55

split-complementary

#551B2E #1B5525 #1B4B55

monochromatic

#17070D #270C15 #551B2E #832A47 #B23960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#551B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551B2E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551B2E	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26292E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#36342D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1422

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 27, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.088 3.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b66',
    500: '#551b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551b2e;
$custom-light: #885b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.345,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31908,
    "c": 0.08801,
    "h": 3.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551B2E

secondary

#418B73

accent

#DBAC4D

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0E9EB

border

#CBC5C6

text

#0C0406

muted

#7D797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #551B2E

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

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