#551D14#551D14

#551D14 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.086 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D14
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 62%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 76.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.48, 25.41, 19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.48, 32.01, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.073 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.086 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3124, 2.8611, 0.9869)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D14 #144C55

analogous

#55142B #551D14 #553D14

triadic

#551D14 #14551D #1D1455

tetradic

#551D14 #2B5514 #144C55 #3D1455

square

#551D14 #2B5514 #144C55 #3D1455

split-complementary

#551D14 #14553D #142B55

monochromatic

#190806 #230C08 #551D14 #872E20 #B83F2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#551D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#551D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D14

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D14	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E101B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.086 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5c51',
    500: '#551d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d14;
$custom-light: #8a5c51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31553,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D14

secondary

#38818D

accent

#CFE543

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D14

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

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