#552A2D#552A2D

#552A2D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.064 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A2D
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(356, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 47.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.92, 20.19, 7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.92, 21.39, 19.30°)
OKLab	oklab(34.33% 0.061 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(34.33% 0.064 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0482, 3.7772, 2.9453)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A2D #2A5552

analogous

#552A43 #552A2D #553D2A

triadic

#552A2D #2D552A #2A2D55

tetradic

#552A2D #43552A #2A5552 #3D2A55

square

#552A2D #43552A #2A5552 #3D2A55

split-complementary

#552A2D #2A553D #2A4355

monochromatic

#140A0B #2C1617 #552A2D #7E3E43 #A75258

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#552A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A2D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A2D	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C252B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.064 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876465',
    500: '#552a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a2d;
$custom-light: #876465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.814,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34328,
    "c": 0.0636,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A2D

secondary

#538784

accent

#CAC25E

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A2D

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

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