#551E0D#551E0D

#551E0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.086 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E0D
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 13)
HSL	hsl(14, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(14, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 84.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.60, 24.51, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.60, 34.01, 43.91°)
OKLab	oklab(31.61% 0.0687 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(31.61% 0.086 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2837, 2.8895, 0.7129)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E0D #0D4455

analogous

#550D20 #551E0D #55420D

triadic

#551E0D #0D551E #1E0D55

tetradic

#551E0D #20550D #0D4455 #420D55

square

#551E0D #20550D #0D4455 #420D55

split-complementary

#551E0D #0D5542 #0D2055

monochromatic

#1B0904 #200B05 #551E0D #8A3115 #BF431D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#551E0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551E0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E0D

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E0D	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)

#2D280B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E111A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.086 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5c4d',
    500: '#551e0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e0d;
$custom-light: #8b5c4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31613,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E0D

secondary

#2E7990

accent

#C5F038

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E0D

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

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