#551C0E#551C0E

#551C0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.088 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C0E
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 14)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.20, 25.62, 22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.20, 34.19, 41.46°)
OKLab	oklab(31.32% 0.0724 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(31.32% 0.088 35)
XYZ	xyz(4.2413, 2.7941, 0.7314)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C0E #0E4755

analogous

#550E24 #551C0E #55400E

triadic

#551C0E #0E551C #1C0E55

tetradic

#551C0E #24550E #0E4755 #400E55

square

#551C0E #24550E #0E4755 #400E55

split-complementary

#551C0E #0E5540 #0E2455

monochromatic

#1A0904 #200B05 #551C0E #8A2D17 #BE3F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#551C0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#551C0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C0E

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C0E	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C270C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A330C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0E19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.088 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b4d',
    500: '#551c0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c0e;
$custom-light: #8b5b4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.831,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31317,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.02794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C0E

secondary

#307C8F

accent

#CBEE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C0E

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

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