#552C2E#552C2E

#552C2E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.060 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C2E
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(357, 48%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 19.08, 7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 20.37, 20.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0576 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.06 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1404, 3.9304, 3.0722)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C2E #2C5553

analogous

#552C42 #552C2E #553E2C

triadic

#552C2E #2E552C #2C2E55

tetradic

#552C2E #42552C #2C5553 #3E2C55

square

#552C2E #42552C #2C5553 #3E2C55

split-complementary

#552C2E #2C553E #2C4255

monochromatic

#140A0B #2D1718 #552C2E #7D4144 #A6565A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#552C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C2E

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C2E	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34332E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C272D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.060 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876666',
    500: '#552c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c2e;
$custom-light: #876666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.073,
    "s": 31.783,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34732,
    "c": 0.06047,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C2E

secondary

#568785

accent

#C8C360

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C2E

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

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