#552D25#552D25

#552D25 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.061 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D25
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 37)
HSL	hsl(10, 39%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(10, 56%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 56.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 17.42, 13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 21.86, 37.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0515 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.061 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0190, 3.9421, 2.2465)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D25 #254D55

analogous

#552535 #552D25 #554525

triadic

#552D25 #25552D #2D2555

tetradic

#552D25 #355525 #254D55 #452555

square

#552D25 #355525 #254D55 #452555

split-complementary

#552D25 #255545 #253555

monochromatic

#150B09 #2A1612 #552D25 #804438 #AA5A4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#552D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552D25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D25

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D25	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.061 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87665f',
    500: '#552d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d25;
$custom-light: #87665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34693,
    "c": 0.06096,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D25

secondary

#4D7F88

accent

#BBCF59

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D25

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

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