#552E26#552E26

#552E26 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.059 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E26
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(10, 38%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(10, 55%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 55.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.76, 16.90, 12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.76, 21.27, 37.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0501 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.059 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0735, 4.0257, 2.3432)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E26 #264D55

analogous

#552636 #552E26 #554626

triadic

#552E26 #26552E #2E2655

tetradic

#552E26 #365526 #264D55 #462655

square

#552E26 #365526 #264D55 #462655

split-complementary

#552E26 #265546 #263655

monochromatic

#150B09 #2B1713 #552E26 #7F4539 #AA5C4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#552E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E26

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E26	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.059 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876760',
    500: '#552e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e26;
$custom-light: #876760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.213,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34912,
    "c": 0.05939,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E26

secondary

#4F7E88

accent

#BACE5A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0604

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E26

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

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