#552D2F#552D2F

#552D2F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.059 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D2F
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 47)
HSL	hsl(357, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(357, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 44.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 18.60, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 19.81, 20.15°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0562 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.059 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1981, 4.0138, 3.1897)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D2F #2D5553

analogous

#552D43 #552D2F #553F2D

triadic

#552D2F #2F552D #2D2F55

tetradic

#552D2F #43552D #2D5553 #3F2D55

square

#552D2F #43552D #2D5553 #3F2D55

split-complementary

#552D2F #2D553F #2D4355

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1819 #552D2F #7D4245 #A5575B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#552D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D2F

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D2F	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35342F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C282E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.059 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876767',
    500: '#552d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d2f;
$custom-light: #876767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34952,
    "c": 0.05889,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D2F

secondary

#578784

accent

#C7C261

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D2F

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

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