#551E11#551E11

#551E11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.085 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E11
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 17)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.64, 24.70, 21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.64, 32.76, 41.07°)
OKLab	oklab(31.66% 0.0702 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(31.66% 0.085 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3122, 2.9009, 0.8631)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E11 #114855

analogous

#551126 #551E11 #554011

triadic

#551E11 #11551E #1E1155

tetradic

#551E11 #265511 #114855 #401155

square

#551E11 #265511 #114855 #401155

split-complementary

#551E11 #115540 #112655

monochromatic

#1A0905 #220C07 #551E11 #88301B #BB4225

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#551E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E11

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E11	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D280F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E111B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.085 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5c4f',
    500: '#551e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e11;
$custom-light: #8a5c4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.471,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31663,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E11

secondary

#347D8E

accent

#C9EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E11

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

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