#552B40#552B40

#552B40 is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.068 H 349.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B40
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 64)
HSL	hsl(330, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(330, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 24.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 22.39, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 22.87, 348.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0672 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.068 349.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5357, 4.0296, 5.3357)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B40 #2B5540

analogous

#552B55 #552B40 #552B2B

triadic

#552B40 #40552B #2B4055

tetradic

#552B40 #55552B #2B5540 #2B2B55

square

#552B40 #55552B #2B5540 #2B2B55

split-complementary

#552B40 #2B552B #2B5555

monochromatic

#140A0F #2C1621 #552B40 #7E405F #A6547D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#552B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B40

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B40	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.068 349.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866574',
    500: '#552b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b40;
$custom-light: #866574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3517,
    "c": 0.06822,
    "h": 349.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B40

secondary

#55876E

accent

#C9945F

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBED

border

#CAC6C8

text

#0B0608

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B40

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

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