#551D12#551D12

#551D12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.086 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D12
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 18)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 25.29, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 32.69, 39.31°)
OKLab	oklab(31.52% 0.0722 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(31.52% 0.086 33)
XYZ	xyz(4.2953, 2.8543, 0.8969)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D12 #124A55

analogous

#551228 #551D12 #553F12

triadic

#551D12 #12551D #1D1255

tetradic

#551D12 #285512 #124A55 #3F1255

square

#551D12 #285512 #124A55 #3F1255

split-complementary

#551D12 #12553F #122855

monochromatic

#190905 #220C07 #551D12 #882E1D #BA3F27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#551D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#551D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D12

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D12	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E101B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.086 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5c50',
    500: '#551d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d12;
$custom-light: #8a5c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31522,
    "c": 0.0861,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.02854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D12

secondary

#357F8E

accent

#CCE840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D12

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

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