#552B2F#552B2F

#552B2F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.062 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B2F
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(354, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 44.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 19.83, 6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 20.75, 17.17°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.06 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.062 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1236, 3.8648, 3.1649)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B2F #2B5551

analogous

#552B44 #552B2F #553C2B

triadic

#552B2F #2F552B #2B2F55

tetradic

#552B2F #44552B #2B5551 #3C2B55

square

#552B2F #44552B #2B5551 #3C2B55

split-complementary

#552B2F #2B553C #2B4455

monochromatic

#140A0B #2C1619 #552B2F #7E4045 #A6545C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#552B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#552B2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B2F

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B2F	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33322F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C262D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.062 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876567',
    500: '#552b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b2f;
$custom-light: #876567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34573,
    "c": 0.06206,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B2F

secondary

#558782

accent

#C9BF5F

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0506

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B2F

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

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