#552E24#552E24

#552E24 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.060 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E24
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(12, 40%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(12, 58%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 57.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 16.69, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 21.90, 40.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0492 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.06 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0421, 4.0131, 2.1778)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E24 #244B55

analogous

#552432 #552E24 #554624

triadic

#552E24 #24552E #2E2455

tetradic

#552E24 #325524 #244B55 #462455

square

#552E24 #325524 #244B55 #462455

split-complementary

#552E24 #245546 #243255

monochromatic

#150C09 #2A1712 #552E24 #804536 #AB5D48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#552E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E24

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E24	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)

#383323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.060 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88675e',
    500: '#552e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e24;
$custom-light: #88675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.245,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34867,
    "c": 0.0602,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E24

secondary

#4C7C89

accent

#B8D057

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E24

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

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