#552E27#552E27

#552E27 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.059 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E27
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(9, 37%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 54%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 54.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 17.01, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 20.98, 35.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0506 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.059 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0898, 4.0322, 2.4293)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E27 #274E55

analogous

#552737 #552E27 #554527

triadic

#552E27 #27552E #2E2755

tetradic

#552E27 #375527 #274E55 #452755

square

#552E27 #375527 #274E55 #452755

split-complementary

#552E27 #275545 #273755

monochromatic

#150B0A #2B1714 #552E27 #7F453A #A95B4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#552E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E27

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E27	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)

#373426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D282C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.059 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876761',
    500: '#552e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e27;
$custom-light: #876761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.13,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34935,
    "c": 0.05903,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E27

secondary

#507F88

accent

#BCCD5B

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0605

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E27

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

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