#551C0F#551C0F

#551C0F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.088 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C0F
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 15)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 25.67, 22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 33.90, 40.78°)
OKLab	oklab(31.33% 0.0727 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(31.33% 0.088 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2482, 2.7969, 0.7680)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C0F #0F4855

analogous

#550F25 #551C0F #553F0F

triadic

#551C0F #0F551C #1C0F55

tetradic

#551C0F #25550F #0F4855 #3F0F55

square

#551C0F #25550F #0F4855 #3F0F55

split-complementary

#551C0F #0F553F #0F2555

monochromatic

#1A0905 #210B06 #551C0F #892D18 #BD3E21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#551C0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#551C0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C0F

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C0F	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)

#2C270D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A330D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0E19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.088 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b4e',
    500: '#551c0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c0f;
$custom-light: #8b5b4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.143,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31329,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C0F

secondary

#317D8F

accent

#CCED3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C0F

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

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