#552D28#552D28

#552D28 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.060 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D28
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 40)
HSL	hsl(7, 36%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(7, 53%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 52.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 17.74, 11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 21.03, 32.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0529 0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.06 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0680, 3.9618, 2.5049)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D28 #285055

analogous

#55283A #552D28 #554428

triadic

#552D28 #28552D #2D2855

tetradic

#552D28 #3A5528 #285055 #442855

square

#552D28 #3A5528 #285055 #442855

split-complementary

#552D28 #285544 #283A55

monochromatic

#150B0A #2B1714 #552D28 #7F433C #A8594F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#552D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#552D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D28

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D28	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D272C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.060 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876661',
    500: '#552d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d28;
$custom-light: #876661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34764,
    "c": 0.05999,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D28

secondary

#518288

accent

#C0CC5C

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0605

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D28

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

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