#55261E#55261E

#55261E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.072 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55261E
RGB	rgb(85, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, 21.02, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 26.10, 36.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% 0.0615 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.072 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6742, 3.4118, 1.6404)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55261E #1E4D55

analogous

#551E32 #55261E #55411E

triadic

#55261E #1E5526 #261E55

tetradic

#55261E #32551E #1E4D55 #411E55

square

#55261E #32551E #1E4D55 #411E55

split-complementary

#55261E #1E5541 #1E3255

monochromatic

#170A08 #28120E #55261E #823A2E #AF4E3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#55261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#55261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55261E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55261E	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D381D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.072 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896159',
    500: '#55261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55261e;
$custom-light: #896159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33231,
    "c": 0.07186,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55261E

secondary

#45808A

accent

#C4D750

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55261E

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

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