#552A2F#552A2F

#552A2F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.064 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552A2F
RGB	rgb(85, 42, 47)
HSL	hsl(353, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(353, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 44.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 20.44, 5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 21.24, 15.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0619 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.064 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0876, 3.7929, 3.1529)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552A2F #2A5550

analogous

#552A45 #552A2F #553A2A

triadic

#552A2F #2F552A #2A2F55

tetradic

#552A2F #45552A #2A5550 #3A2A55

square

#552A2F #45552A #2A5550 #3A2A55

split-complementary

#552A2F #2A553A #2A4555

monochromatic

#140A0B #2C1618 #552A2F #7E3E46 #A7525C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#552A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552A2F

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552A2F	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#32322F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 42, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.064 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876467',
    500: '#552a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552a2f;
$custom-light: #876467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.023,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34387,
    "c": 0.06367,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552A2F

secondary

#538781

accent

#CABD5E

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552A2F

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

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