#55281E#55281E

#55281E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.069 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55281E
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(11, 48%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(11, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 64.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.10, 19.82, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.10, 25.52, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.59% 0.0578 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(33.59% 0.069 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7398, 3.5431, 1.6623)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55281E #1E4B55

analogous

#551E30 #55281E #55431E

triadic

#55281E #1E5528 #281E55

tetradic

#55281E #30551E #1E4B55 #431E55

square

#55281E #30551E #1E4B55 #431E55

split-complementary

#55281E #1E5543 #1E3055

monochromatic

#170B08 #28130E #55281E #823D2E #AF533E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#55281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#55281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55281E

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55281E	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E391D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.069 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88635a',
    500: '#55281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55281e;
$custom-light: #88635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33594,
    "c": 0.06946,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55281E

secondary

#457D8A

accent

#BFD750

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #55281E

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

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