#551E12#551E12

#551E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.085 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E12
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 18)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, 24.75, 20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 32.42, 40.23°)
OKLab	oklab(31.68% 0.0705 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(31.68% 0.085 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3202, 2.9041, 0.9052)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E12 #124955

analogous

#551228 #551E12 #553F12

triadic

#551E12 #12551E #1E1255

tetradic

#551E12 #285512 #124955 #3F1255

square

#551E12 #285512 #124955 #3F1255

split-complementary

#551E12 #12553F #122855

monochromatic

#190905 #220C07 #551E12 #88301D #BA4227

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#551E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E12

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E12	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E121B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.085 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5c50',
    500: '#551e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e12;
$custom-light: #8a5c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.746,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31677,
    "c": 0.08497,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E12

secondary

#357E8E

accent

#CAE840

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E12

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

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