#55282A#55282A

#55282A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.067 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55282A
RGB	rgb(85, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 36%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(357, 53%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.9%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 21.04, 8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 22.63, 21.61°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% 0.0633 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.067 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9233, 3.6165, 2.6288)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55282A #285553

analogous

#552841 #55282A #553D28

triadic

#55282A #2A5528 #282A55

tetradic

#55282A #415528 #285553 #3D2855

square

#55282A #415528 #285553 #3D2855

split-complementary

#55282A #28553D #284155

monochromatic

#150A0A #2B1415 #55282A #7F3C3F #A84F53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#55282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#55282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #55282A

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##55282A	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32302A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.067 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876363',
    500: '#55282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55282a;
$custom-light: #876363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.333,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33878,
    "c": 0.06678,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55282A

secondary

#518885

accent

#CCC75C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #55282A

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

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