#551D0F#551D0F

#551D0F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.087 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D0F
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 15)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.41, 25.14, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.41, 33.65, 41.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.48% 0.0711 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(31.48% 0.087 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2724, 2.8451, 0.7760)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D0F #0F4755

analogous

#550F24 #551D0F #55400F

triadic

#551D0F #0F551D #1D0F55

tetradic

#551D0F #24550F #0F4755 #400F55

square

#551D0F #24550F #0F4755 #400F55

split-complementary

#551D0F #0F5540 #0F2455

monochromatic

#1A0905 #210B06 #551D0F #892F18 #BD4021

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#551D0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#551D0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D0F

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D0F	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D270D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A340D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E101A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.087 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5b4e',
    500: '#551d0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d0f;
$custom-light: #8a5b4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31481,
    "c": 0.08694,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D0F

secondary

#317C8F

accent

#C9ED3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D0F

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

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