#551E10#551E10

#551E10 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.086 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E10
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 16)
HSL	hsl(12, 68%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(12, 81%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 81.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 24.65, 22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 33.09, 41.85°)
OKLab	oklab(31.65% 0.0698 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(31.65% 0.086 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3046, 2.8978, 0.8228)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E10 #104755

analogous

#551025 #551E10 #554110

triadic

#551E10 #10551E #1E1055

tetradic

#551E10 #255510 #104755 #411055

square

#551E10 #255510 #104755 #411055

split-complementary

#551E10 #105541 #102555

monochromatic

#1A0905 #210C06 #551E10 #89301A #BC4223

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#551E10 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551E10 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E10

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E10	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E10	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D280E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E111B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e10;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.086 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5c4f',
    500: '#551e10',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e10;
$custom-light: #8a5c4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e10",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.174,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3165,
    "c": 0.08556,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E10

secondary

#327C8F

accent

#C8EB3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E10

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

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