#552D35#552D35

#552D35 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.059 H 7.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D35
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 53)
HSL	hsl(348, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(348, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 37.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 19.42, 3.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 19.66, 8.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0589 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.059 7.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3275, 4.0656, 3.8716)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D35 #2D554D

analogous

#552D49 #552D35 #55392D

triadic

#552D35 #35552D #2D3555

tetradic

#552D35 #49552D #2D554D #392D55

square

#552D35 #49552D #2D554D #392D55

split-complementary

#552D35 #2D5539 #2D4955

monochromatic

#140B0C #2D181C #552D35 #7D424E #A55767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#552D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D35

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D35	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2930

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.059 7.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86676c',
    500: '#552d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d35;
$custom-light: #86676c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35137,
    "c": 0.05946,
    "h": 7.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D35

secondary

#57877D

accent

#C7B361

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D35

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

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