#552E2B#552E2B

#552E2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.058 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E2B
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(4, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(4, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 49.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 17.47, 9.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 19.99, 29.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0524 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.058 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1596, 4.0602, 2.7970)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E2B #2B5255

analogous

#552B3D #552E2B #55432B

triadic

#552E2B #2B552E #2E2B55

tetradic

#552E2B #3D552B #2B5255 #432B55

square

#552E2B #3D552B #2B5255 #432B55

split-complementary

#552E2B #2B5543 #2B3D55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1816 #552E2B #7E4440 #A65A54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#552E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E2B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E2B	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37342B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C292D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.058 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876764',
    500: '#552e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e2b;
$custom-light: #876764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35035,
    "c": 0.0579,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E2B

secondary

#558487

accent

#C1C95F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E2B

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

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