#55261C#55261C

#55261C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.073 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55261C
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 67.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 20.85, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 26.75, 38.78°)
OKLab	oklab(33.19% 0.0606 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(33.19% 0.073 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6494, 3.4019, 1.5102)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55261C #1C4B55

analogous

#551C2F #55261C #55431C

triadic

#55261C #1C5526 #261C55

tetradic

#55261C #2F551C #1C4B55 #431C55

square

#55261C #2F551C #1C4B55 #431C55

split-complementary

#55261C #1C5543 #1C2F55

monochromatic

#170A08 #27110D #55261C #833B2B #B14F3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#55261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#55261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55261C

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55261C	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)

#322E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D381B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.073 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896158',
    500: '#55261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55261c;
$custom-light: #896158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33192,
    "c": 0.07252,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55261C

secondary

#427E8B

accent

#C1DA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55261C

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

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