#552C2B#552C2B

#552C2B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.061 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C2B
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(1, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 49.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 18.71, 9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 20.78, 25.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0563 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.061 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0833, 3.9076, 2.7715)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C2B #2B5455

analogous

#552B3F #552C2B #55412B

triadic

#552C2B #2B552C #2C2B55

tetradic

#552C2B #3F552B #2B5455 #412B55

square

#552C2B #3F552B #2B5455 #412B55

split-complementary

#552C2B #2B5541 #2B3F55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1716 #552C2B #7E4140 #A65654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#552C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#552C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C2B

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C2B	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C272C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.061 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876664',
    500: '#552c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c2b;
$custom-light: #876664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.429,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34649,
    "c": 0.06073,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C2B

secondary

#558687

accent

#C6C95F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C2B

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

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