#552B24#552B24

#552B24 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.064 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B24
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 36)
HSL	hsl(9, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 58%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 57.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 18.55, 13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 22.76, 35.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.28% 0.0549 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(34.28% 0.064 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9290, 3.7869, 2.1401)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B24 #244E55

analogous

#552435 #552B24 #554324

triadic

#552B24 #24552B #2B2455

tetradic

#552B24 #355524 #244E55 #432455

square

#552B24 #355524 #244E55 #432455

split-complementary

#552B24 #245543 #243555

monochromatic

#150B09 #2A1512 #552B24 #804136 #AB5648

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#552B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#552B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B24

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B24	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)

#353123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.064 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88655e',
    500: '#552b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b24;
$custom-light: #88655e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34284,
    "c": 0.06375,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B24

secondary

#4C8089

accent

#BFD057

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0504

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B24

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

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