#552A2E#552A2E

#552A2E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.064 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A2E
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(354, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 20.31, 6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 21.30, 17.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.36% 0.0614 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(34.36% 0.064 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0677, 3.7850, 3.0479)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A2E #2A5551

analogous

#552A43 #552A2E #553C2A

triadic

#552A2E #2E552A #2A2E55

tetradic

#552A2E #43552A #2A5551 #3C2A55

square

#552A2E #43552A #2A5551 #3C2A55

split-complementary

#552A2E #2A553C #2A4355

monochromatic

#140A0B #2C1618 #552A2E #7E3E44 #A7525A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#552A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A2E

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A2E	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33322E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.064 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876466',
    500: '#552a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a2e;
$custom-light: #876466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.419,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34358,
    "c": 0.06362,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A2E

secondary

#538783

accent

#CAC05E

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A2E

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

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