#552C2D#552C2D

#552C2D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.061 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C2D
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 45)
HSL	hsl(359, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 48%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 47.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 18.96, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 20.48, 22.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.7% 0.0572 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(34.7% 0.061 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1209, 3.9226, 2.9696)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C2D #2C5554

analogous

#552C41 #552C2D #553F2C

triadic

#552C2D #2D552C #2C2D55

tetradic

#552C2D #41552C #2C5554 #3F2C55

square

#552C2D #41552C #2C5554 #3F2C55

split-complementary

#552C2D #2C553F #2C4155

monochromatic

#140A0B #2D1718 #552C2D #7D4142 #A65658

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#552C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#552C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C2D

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C2D	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C272D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.061 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876665',
    500: '#552c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c2d;
$custom-light: #876665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.537,
    "s": 31.783,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34704,
    "c": 0.06052,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C2D

secondary

#568786

accent

#C8C560

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C2D

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

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