#552A2A#552A2A

#552A2A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.064 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A2A
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(0, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 19.82, 9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 21.77, 24.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.24% 0.0596 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(34.24% 0.064 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9925, 3.7549, 2.6519)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A2A #2A5555

analogous

#552A40 #552A2A #55402A

triadic

#552A2A #2A552A #2A2A55

tetradic

#552A2A #40552A #2A5555 #402A55

square

#552A2A #40552A #2A5555 #402A55

split-complementary

#552A2A #2A5540 #2A4055

monochromatic

#140A0A #2C1616 #552A2A #7E3E3E #A75252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#552A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A2A

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A2A	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C242A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.064 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876463',
    500: '#552a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a2a;
$custom-light: #876463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34245,
    "c": 0.06378,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A2A

secondary

#538787

accent

#CACA5E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A2A

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

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