#552B2A#552B2A

#552B2A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.062 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B2A
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 42)
HSL	hsl(1, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(1, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 19.21, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 21.36, 25.92°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0577 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.062 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0284, 3.8267, 2.6638)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B2A #2A5455

analogous

#552A3F #552B2A #55402A

triadic

#552B2A #2A552B #2B2A55

tetradic

#552B2A #3F552A #2A5455 #402A55

square

#552B2A #3F552A #2A5455 #402A55

split-complementary

#552B2A #2A5540 #2A3F55

monochromatic

#140A0A #2C1616 #552B2A #7E403E #A75452

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#552B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B2A

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B2A	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C252B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.062 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876563',
    500: '#552b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b2a;
$custom-light: #876563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.395,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34432,
    "c": 0.06232,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B2A

secondary

#538687

accent

#C7CA5E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B2A

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

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