#551D0E#551D0E

#551D0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.087 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D0E
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 14)
HSL	hsl(13, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(13, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.40, 25.09, 22.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.40, 33.95, 42.35°)
OKLab	oklab(31.47% 0.0707 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(31.47% 0.087 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2654, 2.8423, 0.7394)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D0E #0E4655

analogous

#550E23 #551D0E #55410E

triadic

#551D0E #0E551D #1D0E55

tetradic

#551D0E #23550E #0E4655 #410E55

square

#551D0E #23550E #0E4655 #410E55

split-complementary

#551D0E #0E5541 #0E2355

monochromatic

#1A0904 #200B05 #551D0E #8A2F17 #BE411F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#551D0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#551D0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D0E

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D0E	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D270C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A340C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E0F1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.087 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5b4d',
    500: '#551d0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d0e;
$custom-light: #8b5b4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.676,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31469,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D0E

secondary

#307B8F

accent

#C8EE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D0E

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

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