#552D37#552D37

#552D37 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.060 H 4.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552D37
RGB	rgb(85, 45, 55)
HSL	hsl(345, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(345, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.1%, 35.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 19.72, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 19.80, 5.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0598 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.06 4.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3745, 4.0843, 4.1190)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552D37 #2D554B

analogous

#552D4B #552D37 #55372D

triadic

#552D37 #37552D #2D3755

tetradic

#552D37 #4B552D #2D554B #372D55

square

#552D37 #4B552D #2D554B #372D55

split-complementary

#552D37 #2D5537 #2D4B55

monochromatic

#140B0D #2D181D #552D37 #7D4251 #A5576B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#552D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#552D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552D37

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552D37	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2A31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 45, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.060 4.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86676d',
    500: '#552d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552d37;
$custom-light: #86676d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35204,
    "c": 0.05999,
    "h": 4.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552D37

secondary

#57877B

accent

#C7AD61

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0607

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552D37

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

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