#551F2A#551F2A

#551F2A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.081 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#551F2A
RGB	rgb(85, 31, 42)
HSL	hsl(348, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(348, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.36, 26.22, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.36, 26.80, 11.94°)
OKLab	oklab(32.37% 0.0795 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(32.37% 0.081 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6546, 3.0790, 2.5392)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#551F2A #1F554A

analogous

#551F45 #551F2A #552F1F

triadic

#551F2A #2A551F #1F2A55

tetradic

#551F2A #45551F #1F554A #2F1F55

square

#551F2A #45551F #1F554A #2F1F55

split-complementary

#551F2A #1F552F #1F4555

monochromatic

#16080B #280F14 #551F2A #822F40 #AF4056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#551F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#551F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #551F2A

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##551F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##551F2A	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#383529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1823

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #551f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 31, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.081 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885d63',
    500: '#551f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #551f2a;
$custom-light: #885d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#551f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.778,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32366,
    "c": 0.08079,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#551F2A

secondary

#468A7C

accent

#D6BB52

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9EA

border

#CBC5C6

text

#0C0405

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #551F2A

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

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