#551C2A#551C2A

#551C2A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.085 H 8.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551C2A
RGB	rgb(85, 28, 42)
HSL	hsl(345, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(345, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.76, 27.81, 4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.76, 28.20, 9.59°)
OKLab	oklab(31.92% 0.0845 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(31.92% 0.085 8.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5798, 2.9295, 2.5143)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551C2A #1C5547

analogous

#551C47 #551C2A #552B1C

triadic

#551C2A #2A551C #1C2A55

tetradic

#551C2A #47551C #1C5547 #2B1C55

square

#551C2A #47551C #1C5547 #2B1C55

split-complementary

#551C2A #1C552B #1C4755

monochromatic

#17080B #270D13 #551C2A #832B41 #B13A57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#551C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#551C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551C2A

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551C2A	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28292A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1421

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 28, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.085 8.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885b63',
    500: '#551c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551c2a;
$custom-light: #885b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31918,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 8.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551C2A

secondary

#428B79

accent

#DAB84E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9EA

border

#CBC5C6

text

#0C0405

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551C2A

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

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