#551E17#551E17

#551E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.084 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E17
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 25.06, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 30.73, 35.38°)
OKLab	oklab(31.76% 0.0726 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(31.76% 0.084 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3657, 2.9223, 1.1446)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E17 #174E55

analogous

#55172F #551E17 #553D17

triadic

#551E17 #17551E #1E1755

tetradic

#551E17 #2F5517 #174E55 #3D1755

square

#551E17 #2F5517 #174E55 #3D1755

split-complementary

#551E17 #17553D #172F55

monochromatic

#180807 #250D0A #551E17 #852F24 #B54031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#551E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#551E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E17

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E17	1.00	13.25	1.58	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E121D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.084 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5c54',
    500: '#551e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e17;
$custom-light: #8a5c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.774,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31757,
    "c": 0.08362,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E17

secondary

#3C838C

accent

#CFE147

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E17

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

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