#552B20#552B20

#552B20 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.065 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B20
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 45%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(12, 62%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 62.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 18.16, 15.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 24.03, 40.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.053 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.065 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8713, 3.7638, 1.8362)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B20 #204A55

analogous

#55202F #552B20 #554520

triadic

#552B20 #20552B #2B2055

tetradic

#552B20 #2F5520 #204A55 #452055

square

#552B20 #2F5520 #204A55 #452055

split-complementary

#552B20 #205545 #202F55

monochromatic

#160B08 #29150F #552B20 #814131 #AE5841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#552B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#552B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B20

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B20	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)

#36311F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.065 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88655b',
    500: '#552b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b20;
$custom-light: #88655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.453,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34198,
    "c": 0.06524,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B20

secondary

#477C8A

accent

#BAD553

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0504

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B20

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

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