#551E22#551E22

#551E22 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.082 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E22
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 34)
HSL	hsl(356, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.95, 25.93, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.95, 28.00, 22.15°)
OKLab	oklab(31.99% 0.0776 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(31.99% 0.082 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4997, 2.9759, 1.8505)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E22 #1E5551

analogous

#551E3E #551E22 #55351E

triadic

#551E22 #22551E #1E2255

tetradic

#551E22 #3E551E #1E5551 #351E55

square

#551E22 #3E551E #1E5551 #351E55

split-complementary

#551E22 #1E5535 #1E3E55

monochromatic

#170809 #280E10 #551E22 #822E34 #AF3E46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#551E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#551E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E22

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E22	1.00	13.17	1.60	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1520

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.082 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895c5c',
    500: '#551e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e22;
$custom-light: #895c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.636,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31991,
    "c": 0.08187,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E22

secondary

#458A85

accent

#D7CE50

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0404

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E22

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

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