#551C12#551C12

#551C12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.087 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C12
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 18)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.25, 25.82, 20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.25, 32.96, 38.41°)
OKLab	oklab(31.37% 0.0739 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(31.37% 0.087 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2712, 2.8061, 0.8889)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C12 #124B55

analogous

#55122A #551C12 #553D12

triadic

#551C12 #12551C #1C1255

tetradic

#551C12 #2A5512 #124B55 #3D1255

square

#551C12 #2A5512 #124B55 #3D1255

split-complementary

#551C12 #12553D #122A55

monochromatic

#190805 #220B07 #551C12 #882D1D #BA3D27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#551C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#551C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C12

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C12	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0E1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.087 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5b50',
    500: '#551c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c12;
$custom-light: #8a5b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.955,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31371,
    "c": 0.08723,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C12

secondary

#35818E

accent

#CFE840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C12

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

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