#552E23#552E23

#552E23 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.061 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E23
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(13, 42%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(13, 59%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 58.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 16.59, 14.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 22.24, 41.78°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0487 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.061 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0270, 4.0071, 2.0985)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E23 #234A55

analogous

#552331 #552E23 #554723

triadic

#552E23 #23552E #2E2355

tetradic

#552E23 #315523 #234A55 #472355

square

#552E23 #315523 #234A55 #472355

split-complementary

#552E23 #235547 #233155

monochromatic

#160C09 #2A1711 #552E23 #804535 #AC5D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#552E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E23

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E23	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)

#383322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.061 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88675e',
    500: '#552e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e23;
$custom-light: #88675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.2,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34845,
    "c": 0.06064,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E23

secondary

#4B7B89

accent

#B6D156

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E23

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

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