#551F12#551F12

#551F12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.084 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F12
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 18)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 78.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.86, 24.20, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.86, 32.16, 41.19°)
OKLab	oklab(31.84% 0.0688 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(31.84% 0.084 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3459, 2.9555, 0.9138)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#551F12 #124855

analogous

#551226 #551F12 #554112

triadic

#551F12 #12551F #1F1255

tetradic

#551F12 #265512 #124855 #411255

square

#551F12 #265512 #124855 #411255

split-complementary

#551F12 #125541 #122655

monochromatic

#190905 #220D07 #551F12 #88311D #BA4427

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#551F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#551F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F12

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F12	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)

#2E2910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E131C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.084 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5d50',
    500: '#551f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f12;
$custom-light: #8a5d50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31835,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F12

secondary

#357D8E

accent

#C7E840

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F12

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

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