#55232A#55232A

#55232A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.075 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55232A
RGB	rgb(85, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(352, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(352, 59%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.21, 23.98, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.21, 24.91, 15.70°)
OKLab	oklab(33.01% 0.0725 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(33.01% 0.075 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7656, 3.3010, 2.5762)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55232A #23554E

analogous

#552343 #55232A #553523

triadic

#55232A #2A5523 #232A55

tetradic

#55232A #435523 #23554E #352355

square

#55232A #435523 #23554E #352355

split-complementary

#55232A #235535 #234355

monochromatic

#16090B #2A1115 #55232A #80353F #AC4755

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#55232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#55232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55232A

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55232A	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1C26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.075 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886063',
    500: '#55232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55232a;
$custom-light: #886063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.6,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33008,
    "c": 0.07452,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55232A

secondary

#4B8980

accent

#D1C056

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9EA

border

#CBC5C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #55232A

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

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