#552829#552829

#552829 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.067 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552829
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 36%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 53%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 51.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 20.92, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 22.77, 23.24°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.0629 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.067 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9057, 3.6095, 2.5357)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552829 #285554

analogous

#552840 #552829 #553E28

triadic

#552829 #295528 #282955

tetradic

#552829 #405528 #285554 #3E2855

square

#552829 #405528 #285554 #3E2855

split-complementary

#552829 #28553E #284055

monochromatic

#150A0A #2B1415 #552829 #7F3C3D #A84F51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#552829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#552829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552829

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552829	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#323029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.067 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886362',
    500: '#552829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552829;
$custom-light: #886362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33851,
    "c": 0.06684,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552829

secondary

#518887

accent

#CCCA5C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #552829

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

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