#551C22#551C22

#551C22 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.085 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C22
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 34)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.55, 26.99, 10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.55, 28.79, 20.37°)
OKLab	oklab(31.69% 0.0809 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(31.69% 0.085 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4507, 2.8779, 1.8342)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C22 #1C554F

analogous

#551C3F #551C22 #55331C

triadic

#551C22 #22551C #1C2255

tetradic

#551C22 #3F551C #1C554F #331C55

square

#551C22 #3F551C #1C554F #331C55

split-complementary

#551C22 #1C5533 #1C3F55

monochromatic

#170809 #270D10 #551C22 #832B34 #B13A47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#551C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C22

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C22	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D121E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.085 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895b5c',
    500: '#551c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c22;
$custom-light: #895b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31691,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C22

secondary

#428B83

accent

#DACB4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0404

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C22

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

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