#551E20#551E20

#551E20 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.082 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E20
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 32)
HSL	hsl(358, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 62.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.90, 25.75, 11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.90, 28.36, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(31.94% 0.0767 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(31.94% 0.082 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4717, 2.9647, 1.7030)
Luminance	0.0296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E20 #1E5553

analogous

#551E3C #551E20 #55371E

triadic

#551E20 #20551E #1E2055

tetradic

#551E20 #3C551E #1E5553 #371E55

square

#551E20 #3C551E #1E5553 #371E55

split-complementary

#551E20 #1E5537 #1E3C55

monochromatic

#170809 #280E0F #551E20 #822E31 #AF3E42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#551E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#551E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E20

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E20	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.082 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c5b',
    500: '#551e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e20;
$custom-light: #895c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31942,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E20

secondary

#458A87

accent

#D7D350

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0404

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E20

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

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