#552D2B#552D2B

#552D2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.059 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D2B
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 43)
HSL	hsl(3, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 49.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 18.09, 9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 20.38, 27.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0543 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.059 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1210, 3.9830, 2.7841)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D2B #2B5355

analogous

#552B3E #552D2B #55422B

triadic

#552D2B #2B552D #2D2B55

tetradic

#552D2B #3E552B #2B5355 #422B55

square

#552D2B #3E552B #2B5355 #422B55

split-complementary

#552D2B #2B5542 #2B3E55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1716 #552D2B #7E4340 #A65854

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#552D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D2B

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D2B	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36332B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.059 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876664',
    500: '#552d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d2b;
$custom-light: #876664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34841,
    "c": 0.0593,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D2B

secondary

#558587

accent

#C4C95F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D2B

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

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