#552A2B#552A2B

#552A2B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.064 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A2B
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 49.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 19.94, 8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 21.62, 22.73°)
OKLab	oklab(34.27% 0.06 0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(34.27% 0.064 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0106, 3.7621, 2.7473)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A2B #2A5554

analogous

#552A40 #552A2B #553F2A

triadic

#552A2B #2B552A #2A2B55

tetradic

#552A2B #40552A #2A5554 #3F2A55

square

#552A2B #40552A #2A5554 #3F2A55

split-complementary

#552A2B #2A553F #2A4055

monochromatic

#140A0A #2C1616 #552A2B #7E3E40 #A75254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#552A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A2B

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A2B	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C242B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.064 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876464',
    500: '#552a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a2b;
$custom-light: #876464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.605,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34272,
    "c": 0.06369,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A2B

secondary

#538786

accent

#CAC75E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A2B

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

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