#551D20#551D20

#551D20 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.083 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D20
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 32)
HSL	hsl(357, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(357, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 62.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.70, 26.29, 11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.70, 28.74, 23.84°)
OKLab	oklab(31.79% 0.0783 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(31.79% 0.083 20)
XYZ	xyz(4.4468, 2.9149, 1.6947)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D20 #1D5552

analogous

#551D3C #551D20 #55361D

triadic

#551D20 #20551D #1D2055

tetradic

#551D20 #3C551D #1D5552 #361D55

square

#551D20 #3C551D #1D5552 #361D55

split-complementary

#551D20 #1D5536 #1D3C55

monochromatic

#170809 #270D0F #551D20 #832D31 #B03C42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#551D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D20

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D20	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D131E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.083 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c5b',
    500: '#551d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d20;
$custom-light: #895c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.786,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3179,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.02914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D20

secondary

#448A86

accent

#D9D14F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0404

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D20

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

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