#55271E#55271E

#55271E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.071 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55271E
RGB	rgb(85, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(10, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 20.42, 15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 25.80, 37.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.41% 0.0596 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(33.41% 0.071 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7066, 3.4766, 1.6512)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55271E #1E4C55

analogous

#551E31 #55271E #55421E

triadic

#55271E #1E5527 #271E55

tetradic

#55271E #31551E #1E4C55 #421E55

square

#55271E #31551E #1E4C55 #421E55

split-complementary

#55271E #1E5542 #1E3155

monochromatic

#170A08 #28120E #55271E #823C2E #AF513E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#55271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#55271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55271E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55271E	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E381D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D1F25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.071 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886259',
    500: '#55271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55271e;
$custom-light: #886259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33411,
    "c": 0.07065,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55271E

secondary

#457F8A

accent

#C1D750

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55271E

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

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