#552A22#552A22

#552A22 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.066 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A22
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 18.97, 14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 23.66, 36.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0558 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.066 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8634, 3.7032, 1.9717)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A22 #224D55

analogous

#552233 #552A22 #554322

triadic

#552A22 #22552A #2A2255

tetradic

#552A22 #335522 #224D55 #432255

square

#552A22 #335522 #224D55 #432255

split-complementary

#552A22 #225543 #223355

monochromatic

#160B09 #291411 #552A22 #814033 #AC5545

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#552A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#552A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A22

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A22	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2328

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.066 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88645d',
    500: '#552a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a22;
$custom-light: #88645d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3405,
    "c": 0.06565,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A22

secondary

#4A7F89

accent

#BFD355

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0504

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A22

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

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