#552011#552011

#552011 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.083 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552011
RGB	rgb(85, 32, 17)
HSL	hsl(13, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.07, 23.59, 22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.07, 32.26, 43.00°)
OKLab	oklab(31.98% 0.0667 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(31.98% 0.083 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.3644, 3.0054, 0.8805)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552011 #114655

analogous

#551124 #552011 #554211

triadic

#552011 #115520 #201155

tetradic

#552011 #245511 #114655 #421155

square

#552011 #245511 #114655 #421155

split-complementary

#552011 #115542 #112455

monochromatic

#1A0A05 #220D07 #552011 #88331B #BB4625

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.12

#552011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#552011 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552011

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552011	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)

#2F290F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E141D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 32, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.083 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5d4f',
    500: '#552011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552011;
$custom-light: #8a5d4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.235,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31983,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552011

secondary

#347A8E

accent

#C4EA3E

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #552011

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

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