#55261B#55261B

#55261B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.073 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55261B
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.57, 20.77, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.57, 27.09, 39.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.0601 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.073 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6377, 3.3972, 1.4482)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55261B #1B4A55

analogous

#551B2D #55261B #55431B

triadic

#55261B #1B5526 #261B55

tetradic

#55261B #2D551B #1B4A55 #431B55

square

#55261B #2D551B #1B4A55 #431B55

split-complementary

#55261B #1B5543 #1B2D55

monochromatic

#170A07 #27110C #55261B #833B2A #B25039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#55261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#55261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55261B

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55261B	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E381A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1D23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.073 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896157',
    500: '#55261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55261b;
$custom-light: #896157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33173,
    "c": 0.07288,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55261B

secondary

#417D8B

accent

#C0DB4D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55261B

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

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