#552D30#552D30

#552D30 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.059 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D30
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 48)
HSL	hsl(356, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(356, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 43.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 18.73, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 19.72, 18.28°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% 0.0567 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.059 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2185, 4.0219, 3.2972)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D30 #2D5552

analogous

#552D44 #552D30 #553E2D

triadic

#552D30 #30552D #2D3055

tetradic

#552D30 #44552D #2D5552 #3E2D55

square

#552D30 #44552D #2D5552 #3E2D55

split-complementary

#552D30 #2D553E #2D4455

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1819 #552D30 #7D4247 #A5575D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#552D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552D30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D30

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D30	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C282E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.059 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876768',
    500: '#552d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d30;
$custom-light: #876768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34981,
    "c": 0.05889,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D30

secondary

#578783

accent

#C7BF61

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D30

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

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