#55281A#55281A

#55281A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.071 H 38.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55281A
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 26)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 69.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 19.49, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 26.94, 43.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.52% 0.056 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(33.52% 0.071 38)
XYZ	xyz(4.6920, 3.5240, 1.4102)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55281A #1A4755

analogous

#551A2A #55281A #55461A

triadic

#55281A #1A5528 #281A55

tetradic

#55281A #2A551A #1A4755 #461A55

square

#55281A #2A551A #1A4755 #461A55

split-complementary

#55281A #1A5546 #1A2A55

monochromatic

#170B07 #26120C #55281A #843E28 #B35437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#55281A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#55281A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55281A

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55281A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55281A	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55281a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.071 38.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896356',
    500: '#55281a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55281a;
$custom-light: #896356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55281a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.237,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33519,
    "c": 0.07104,
    "h": 38
  },
  "luminance": 0.03523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55281A

secondary

#40798B

accent

#BADD4B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55281A

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

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