#552C2A#552C2A

#552C2A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.061 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C2A
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 18.59, 9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 20.96, 27.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.62% 0.0558 0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(34.62% 0.061 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0652, 3.9003, 2.6761)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C2A #2A5355

analogous

#552A3D #552C2A #55422A

triadic

#552C2A #2A552C #2C2A55

tetradic

#552C2A #3D552A #2A5355 #422A55

square

#552C2A #3D552A #2A5355 #422A55

split-complementary

#552C2A #2A5542 #2A3D55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1716 #552C2A #7E413E #A75652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#552C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#552C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C2A

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C2A	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C262C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.061 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876663',
    500: '#552c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c2a;
$custom-light: #876663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34622,
    "c": 0.06089,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C2A

secondary

#538587

accent

#C5CA5E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0605

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C2A

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

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