#55271C#55271C

#55271C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.071 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55271C
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(12, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(12, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 67.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 20.25, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 26.47, 40.09°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.0587 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.071 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6818, 3.4667, 1.5210)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55271C #1C4A55

analogous

#551C2E #55271C #55441C

triadic

#55271C #1C5527 #271C55

tetradic

#55271C #2E551C #1C4A55 #441C55

square

#55271C #2E551C #1C4A55 #441C55

split-complementary

#55271C #1C5544 #1C2E55

monochromatic

#170B08 #27120D #55271C #833C2B #B1513A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#55271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#55271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55271C

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55271C	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E381B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.071 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896258',
    500: '#55271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55271c;
$custom-light: #896258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.579,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33372,
    "c": 0.07136,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55271C

secondary

#427D8B

accent

#BFDA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55271C

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

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