#552B2D#552B2D

#552B2D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.062 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B2D
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(357, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 47.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 19.57, 7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 20.93, 20.73°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0591 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.062 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0841, 3.8490, 2.9573)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B2D #2B5553

analogous

#552B42 #552B2D #553E2B

triadic

#552B2D #2D552B #2B2D55

tetradic

#552B2D #42552B #2B5553 #3E2B55

square

#552B2D #42552B #2B5553 #3E2B55

split-complementary

#552B2D #2B553E #2B4255

monochromatic

#140A0B #2C1617 #552B2D #7E4043 #A65458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#552B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B2D

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B2D	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34322D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C262C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.062 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876565',
    500: '#552b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b2d;
$custom-light: #876565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34515,
    "c": 0.06205,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B2D

secondary

#558785

accent

#C9C45F

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0505

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B2D

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

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