#552D27#552D27

#552D27 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.060 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D27
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 37%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(8, 54%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 54.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 17.63, 11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 21.29, 34.10°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0525 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.06 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0512, 3.9550, 2.4164)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D27 #274F55

analogous

#552738 #552D27 #554427

triadic

#552D27 #27552D #2D2755

tetradic

#552D27 #385527 #274F55 #442755

square

#552D27 #385527 #274F55 #442755

split-complementary

#552D27 #275544 #273855

monochromatic

#150B0A #2B1714 #552D27 #7F433A #A9594D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#552D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D27

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D27	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.060 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876661',
    500: '#552d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d27;
$custom-light: #876661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.826,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3474,
    "c": 0.06028,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D27

secondary

#508188

accent

#BECD5B

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0605

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D27

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

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