#551E15#551E15

#551E15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.084 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E15
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 21)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.70, 24.93, 19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.70, 31.39, 37.42°)
OKLab	oklab(31.72% 0.0718 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(31.72% 0.084 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3464, 2.9146, 1.0430)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E15 #154C55

analogous

#55152C #551E15 #553E15

triadic

#551E15 #15551E #1E1555

tetradic

#551E15 #2C5515 #154C55 #3E1555

square

#551E15 #2C5515 #154C55 #3E1555

split-complementary

#551E15 #15553E #152C55

monochromatic

#190906 #240D09 #551E15 #862F21 #B7412D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#551E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E15

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E15	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E121C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.084 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5c52',
    500: '#551e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e15;
$custom-light: #8a5c52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.438,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31723,
    "c": 0.08413,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E15

secondary

#39818D

accent

#CDE444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E15

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

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