#552D2E#552D2E

#552D2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.059 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D2E
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 18.47, 7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 19.92, 22.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0557 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.059 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1781, 4.0058, 3.0847)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D2E #2D5554

analogous

#552D42 #552D2E #55402D

triadic

#552D2E #2E552D #2D2E55

tetradic

#552D2E #42552D #2D5554 #402D55

square

#552D2E #42552D #2D5554 #402D55

split-complementary

#552D2E #2D5540 #2D4255

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1818 #552D2E #7D4244 #A55759

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#552D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D2E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D2E	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35342E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C282E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.059 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876666',
    500: '#552d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d2e;
$custom-light: #876666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34923,
    "c": 0.05893,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D2E

secondary

#578786

accent

#C7C461

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D2E

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

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