#552B38#552B38

#552B38 is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.064 H 1.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B38
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 56)
HSL	hsl(341, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(341, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 34.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 21.10, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 21.11, 1.06°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.064 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.064 1.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3242, 3.9450, 4.2217)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B38 #2B5548

analogous

#552B4D #552B38 #55332B

triadic

#552B38 #38552B #2B3855

tetradic

#552B38 #4D552B #2B5548 #332B55

square

#552B38 #4D552B #2B5548 #332B55

split-complementary

#552B38 #2B5533 #2B4D55

monochromatic

#140A0D #2C161D #552B38 #7E4053 #A6546E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#552B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B38

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B38	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#313338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2830

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.064 1.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86656e',
    500: '#552b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b38;
$custom-light: #86656e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.429,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34866,
    "c": 0.06398,
    "h": 1.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B38

secondary

#558778

accent

#C9A85F

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0607

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B38

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

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