#552E25#552E25

#552E25 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.060 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E25
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(11, 39%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(11, 56%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 56.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 16.79, 13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 21.58, 38.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0496 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.06 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0576, 4.0193, 2.2594)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E25 #254C55

analogous

#552534 #552E25 #554625

triadic

#552E25 #25552E #2E2555

tetradic

#552E25 #345525 #254C55 #462555

square

#552E25 #345525 #254C55 #462555

split-complementary

#552E25 #255546 #253455

monochromatic

#150C09 #2A1712 #552E25 #804538 #AA5C4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#552E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#552E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E25

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E25	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)

#373424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.060 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87675f',
    500: '#552e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e25;
$custom-light: #87675f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34889,
    "c": 0.05979,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E25

secondary

#4D7D88

accent

#B9CF59

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E25

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

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