#551E0C#551E0C

#551E0C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.087 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E0C
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 12)
HSL	hsl(15, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(15, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.59, 24.46, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.59, 34.30, 44.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31.6% 0.0684 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(31.6% 0.087 38)
XYZ	xyz(4.2774, 2.8870, 0.6798)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E0C #0C4355

analogous

#550C1E #551E0C #55430C

triadic

#551E0C #0C551E #1E0C55

tetradic

#551E0C #1E550C #0C4355 #430C55

square

#551E0C #1E550C #0C4355 #430C55

split-complementary

#551E0C #0C5543 #0C1E55

monochromatic

#1B0904 #1F0B04 #551E0C #8B3114 #C0441B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#551E0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551E0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E0C

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E0C	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D280A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E111A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.087 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5c4c',
    500: '#551e0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e0c;
$custom-light: #8b5c4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.795,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31602,
    "c": 0.08673,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.02886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E0C

secondary

#2D7890

accent

#C4F236

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E0C

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

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