#552415#552415

#552415 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.077 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552415
RGB	rgb(85, 36, 21)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.01, 21.53, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.01, 29.79, 43.73°)
OKLab	oklab(32.72% 0.0612 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(32.72% 0.077 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5130, 3.2477, 1.0985)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552415 #154655

analogous

#551526 #552415 #554415

triadic

#552415 #155524 #241555

tetradic

#552415 #265515 #154655 #441555

square

#552415 #265515 #154655 #441555

split-complementary

#552415 #155544 #152655

monochromatic

#190A06 #240F09 #552415 #863921 #B74E2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#552415 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#552415 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552415

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552415	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552415	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1A21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552415;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 36, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.077 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896053',
    500: '#552415',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552415;
$custom-light: #896053;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552415",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.063,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32717,
    "c": 0.07734,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552415

secondary

#39798D

accent

#BEE444

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0C0502

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #552415

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

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