#551C19#551C19

#551C19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.086 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C19
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 25)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 70.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.36, 26.26, 15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.36, 30.75, 31.34°)
OKLab	oklab(31.49% 0.0768 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(31.49% 0.086 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3375, 2.8326, 1.2379)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C19 #195255

analogous

#551934 #551C19 #553A19

triadic

#551C19 #19551C #1C1955

tetradic

#551C19 #345519 #195255 #3A1955

square

#551C19 #345519 #195255 #3A1955

split-complementary

#551C19 #19553A #193455

monochromatic

#180807 #260C0B #551C19 #842C27 #B43B35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#551C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#551C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C19

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C19	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E101C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.086 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5b55',
    500: '#551c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c19;
$custom-light: #8a5b55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3149,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C19

secondary

#3E888B

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E8

border

#CBC5C4

text

#0C0403

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C19

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

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