#552E28#552E28

#552E28 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.059 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E28
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(8, 36%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(8, 53%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 52.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 17.12, 11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 20.70, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.051 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.059 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1066, 4.0390, 2.5177)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E28 #284F55

analogous

#552839 #552E28 #554528

triadic

#552E28 #28552E #2E2855

tetradic

#552E28 #395528 #284F55 #452855

square

#552E28 #395528 #284F55 #452855

split-complementary

#552E28 #285545 #283955

monochromatic

#150B0A #2B1714 #552E28 #7F453C #A85B4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#552E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E28

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E28	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.059 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876761',
    500: '#552e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e28;
$custom-light: #876761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34959,
    "c": 0.0587,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E28

secondary

#518088

accent

#BDCC5C

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0605

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E28

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

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