#552C2F#552C2F

#552C2F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.060 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C2F
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(356, 48%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 44.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 19.21, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 20.28, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0581 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.06 16)
XYZ	xyz(5.1604, 3.9384, 3.1772)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C2F #2C5552

analogous

#552C43 #552C2F #553D2C

triadic

#552C2F #2F552C #2C2F55

tetradic

#552C2F #43552C #2C5552 #3D2C55

square

#552C2F #43552C #2C5552 #3D2C55

split-complementary

#552C2F #2C553D #2C4355

monochromatic

#140A0B #2D1719 #552C2F #7D4145 #A6565C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#552C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C2F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C2F	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34332F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C272D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.060 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876667',
    500: '#552c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c2f;
$custom-light: #876667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.61,
    "s": 31.783,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34761,
    "c": 0.06046,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.03938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C2F

secondary

#568783

accent

#C8C060

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C2F

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

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