#551E27#551E27

#551E27 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.082 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551E27
RGB	rgb(85, 30, 39)
HSL	hsl(350, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(350, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 54.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.07, 26.43, 7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.07, 27.40, 15.32°)
OKLab	oklab(32.13% 0.0799 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(32.13% 0.082 13)
XYZ	xyz(4.5771, 3.0069, 2.2584)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551E27 #1E554C

analogous

#551E42 #551E27 #55311E

triadic

#551E27 #27551E #1E2755

tetradic

#551E27 #42551E #1E554C #311E55

square

#551E27 #42551E #1E554C #311E55

split-complementary

#551E27 #1E5531 #1E4255

monochromatic

#17080A #280E12 #551E27 #822E3C #AF3E51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#551E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#551E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551E27

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551E27	1.00	13.12	1.60	13.12
#FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1621

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 30, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.082 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d60',
    500: '#551e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551e27;
$custom-light: #885d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.182,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32125,
    "c": 0.08197,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.03006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551E27

secondary

#458A7F

accent

#D7C150

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0405

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551E27

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

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