#55211B#55211B

#55211B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.079 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55211B
RGB	rgb(85, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.43, 23.68, 15.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.43, 28.57, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(32.31% 0.0692 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(32.31% 0.079 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4884, 3.0987, 1.3984)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55211B #1B4F55

analogous

#551B32 #55211B #553E1B

triadic

#55211B #1B5521 #211B55

tetradic

#55211B #32551B #1B4F55 #3E1B55

square

#55211B #32551B #1B4F55 #3E1B55

split-complementary

#55211B #1B553E #1B3255

monochromatic

#170907 #270F0C #55211B #83332A #B24539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#55211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#55211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55211B

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55211B	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B351A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1720

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.079 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895e57',
    500: '#55211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55211b;
$custom-light: #895e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32312,
    "c": 0.07893,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55211B

secondary

#41838B

accent

#CCDB4D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0403

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55211B

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

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