#551D22#551D22

#551D22 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.083 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551D22
RGB	rgb(85, 29, 34)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(355, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.75, 26.47, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.75, 28.40, 21.24°)
OKLab	oklab(31.84% 0.0793 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(31.84% 0.083 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4748, 2.9261, 1.8422)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551D22 #1D5550

analogous

#551D3E #551D22 #55341D

triadic

#551D22 #22551D #1D2255

tetradic

#551D22 #3E551D #1D5550 #341D55

square

#551D22 #3E551D #1D5550 #341D55

split-complementary

#551D22 #1D5534 #1D3E55

monochromatic

#170809 #270D10 #551D22 #832D34 #B03C47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#551D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#551D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551D22

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551D22	1.00	13.25	1.59	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D131F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 29, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.083 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c5c',
    500: '#551d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551d22;
$custom-light: #895c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.643,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31839,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551D22

secondary

#448A84

accent

#D9CC4F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0404

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551D22

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

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