#552B2E#552B2E

#552B2E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.062 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B2E
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(356, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 19.70, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 20.83, 18.96°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0595 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.062 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1036, 3.8568, 3.0599)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B2E #2B5552

analogous

#552B43 #552B2E #553D2B

triadic

#552B2E #2E552B #2B2E55

tetradic

#552B2E #43552B #2B5552 #3D2B55

square

#552B2E #43552B #2B5552 #3D2B55

split-complementary

#552B2E #2B553D #2B4355

monochromatic

#140A0B #2C1618 #552B2E #7E4044 #A6545A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#552B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B2E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B2E	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33322E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C262C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.062 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876566',
    500: '#552b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b2e;
$custom-light: #876566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34544,
    "c": 0.06204,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B2E

secondary

#558784

accent

#C9C15F

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B2E

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

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