#552E2A#552E2A

#552E2A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.058 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E2A
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(6, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(6, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 17.35, 10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 20.21, 30.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.052 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.058 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1415, 4.0529, 2.7015)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E2A #2A5155

analogous

#552A3C #552E2A #55432A

triadic

#552E2A #2A552E #2E2A55

tetradic

#552E2A #3C552A #2A5155 #432A55

square

#552E2A #3C552A #2A5155 #432A55

split-complementary

#552E2A #2A5543 #2A3C55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1816 #552E2A #7E443E #A75A52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#552E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E2A

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E2A	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37342A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C292D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.058 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876763',
    500: '#552e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e2a;
$custom-light: #876763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.581,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35009,
    "c": 0.05813,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E2A

secondary

#538387

accent

#C0CA5E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E2A

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

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