#552D2A#552D2A

#552D2A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.059 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D2A
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 42)
HSL	hsl(4, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(4, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 17.97, 10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 20.58, 29.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.0539 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.06 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1029, 3.9757, 2.6887)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D2A #2A5255

analogous

#552A3D #552D2A #55432A

triadic

#552D2A #2A552D #2D2A55

tetradic

#552D2A #3D552A #2A5255 #432A55

square

#552D2A #3D552A #2A5255 #432A55

split-complementary

#552D2A #2A5543 #2A3D55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1716 #552D2A #7E433E #A75852

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#552D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D2A

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D2A	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36332A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C272C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.059 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876663',
    500: '#552d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d2a;
$custom-light: #876663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.186,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34815,
    "c": 0.0595,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D2A

secondary

#538487

accent

#C2CA5E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D2A

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

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