#552D2D#552D2D

#552D2D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.059 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D2D
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(0, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 47.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 18.34, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 20.05, 23.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0553 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.059 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1586, 3.9980, 2.9821)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D2D #2D5555

analogous

#552D41 #552D2D #55412D

triadic

#552D2D #2D552D #2D2D55

tetradic

#552D2D #41552D #2D5555 #412D55

square

#552D2D #41552D #2D5555 #412D55

split-complementary

#552D2D #2D5541 #2D4155

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1818 #552D2D #7D4242 #A55757

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#552D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D2D

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D2D	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35332D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.059 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876665',
    500: '#552d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d2d;
$custom-light: #876665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34895,
    "c": 0.05902,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D2D

secondary

#578787

accent

#C7C761

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D2D

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

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