#552D20#552D20

#552D20 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.063 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D20
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 32)
HSL	hsl(15, 45%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(15, 62%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 62.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 16.92, 16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 23.55, 44.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0492 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.063 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9458, 3.9129, 1.8610)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D20 #204855

analogous

#55202D #552D20 #554720

triadic

#552D20 #20552D #2D2055

tetradic

#552D20 #2D5520 #204855 #472055

square

#552D20 #2D5520 #204855 #472055

split-complementary

#552D20 #205547 #202D55

monochromatic

#160C08 #29150F #552D20 #814531 #AE5C41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#552D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#552D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D20

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D20	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D262A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.063 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88665b',
    500: '#552d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d20;
$custom-light: #88665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.717,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34586,
    "c": 0.06308,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D20

secondary

#47798A

accent

#B5D553

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D20

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

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