#552C35#552C35

#552C35 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.061 H 6.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552C35
RGB	rgb(85, 44, 53)
HSL	hsl(347, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(347, 48%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 37.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 20.04, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 20.22, 7.53°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0608 0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.061 6.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2898, 3.9902, 3.8590)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552C35 #2C554C

analogous

#552C49 #552C35 #55372C

triadic

#552C35 #35552C #2C3555

tetradic

#552C35 #49552C #2C554C #372C55

square

#552C35 #49552C #2C554C #372C55

split-complementary

#552C35 #2C5537 #2C4955

monochromatic

#140A0D #2D171C #552C35 #7D414E #A65667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#552C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552C35

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552C35	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B282F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 44, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.061 6.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87666c',
    500: '#552c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552c35;
$custom-light: #87666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.829,
    "s": 31.783,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34949,
    "c": 0.06123,
    "h": 6.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552C35

secondary

#56877C

accent

#C8B160

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552C35

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

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