#551F11#551F11

#551F11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.084 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F11
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 17)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.85, 24.15, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.85, 32.51, 42.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.82% 0.0685 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(31.82% 0.084 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3379, 2.9523, 0.8716)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F11 #114755

analogous

#551125 #551F11 #554111

triadic

#551F11 #11551F #1F1155

tetradic

#551F11 #255511 #114755 #411155

square

#551F11 #255511 #114755 #411155

split-complementary

#551F11 #115541 #112555

monochromatic

#1A0905 #220C07 #551F11 #88321B #BB4425

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#551F11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#551F11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F11

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F11	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E290F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E131C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.084 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5d4f',
    500: '#551f11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f11;
$custom-light: #8a5d4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31821,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F11

secondary

#347C8E

accent

#C6EA3E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F11

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

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