#551F0E#551F0E

#551F0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.085 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F0E
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 14)
HSL	hsl(14, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(14, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.82, 24.00, 23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.82, 33.48, 44.21°)
OKLab	oklab(31.78% 0.0674 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(31.78% 0.085 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3160, 2.9436, 0.7563)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F0E #0E4455

analogous

#550E21 #551F0E #55430E

triadic

#551F0E #0E551F #1F0E55

tetradic

#551F0E #21550E #0E4455 #430E55

square

#551F0E #21550E #0E4455 #430E55

split-complementary

#551F0E #0E5543 #0E2155

monochromatic

#1A0A04 #200C05 #551F0E #8A3217 #BE451F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.22

#551F0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#551F0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F0E

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F0E	1.00	13.22	1.59	13.22
#FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E280C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E131B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.085 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5d4d',
    500: '#551f0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f0e;
$custom-light: #8a5d4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.366,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31783,
    "c": 0.08508,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F0E

secondary

#30788F

accent

#C3EE39

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F0E

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

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