#551E16#551E16

#551E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.084 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E16
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.71, 24.99, 18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.71, 31.05, 36.41°)
OKLab	oklab(31.74% 0.0722 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(31.74% 0.084 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3558, 2.9183, 1.0928)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E16 #164D55

analogous

#55162D #551E16 #553D16

triadic

#551E16 #16551E #1E1655

tetradic

#551E16 #2D5516 #164D55 #3D1655

square

#551E16 #2D5516 #164D55 #3D1655

split-complementary

#551E16 #16553D #162D55

monochromatic

#180906 #240D09 #551E16 #862F23 #B6402F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#551E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E16

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E16	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E121C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.084 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5c53',
    500: '#551e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e16;
$custom-light: #8a5c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.619,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3174,
    "c": 0.08387,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E16

secondary

#3A828C

accent

#CEE246

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E16

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

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