#552E2C#552E2C

#552E2C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.058 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E2C
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(3, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 48%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 48.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 17.59, 9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 19.80, 27.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0529 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.058 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1782, 4.0676, 2.8948)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E2C #2C5355

analogous

#552C3E #552E2C #55422C

triadic

#552E2C #2C552E #2E2C55

tetradic

#552E2C #3E552C #2C5355 #422C55

square

#552E2C #3E552C #2C5355 #422C55

split-complementary

#552E2C #2C5542 #2C3E55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2D1817 #552E2C #7D4441 #A65A56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#552E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#552E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E2C

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E2C	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C292E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.058 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876765',
    500: '#552e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e2c;
$custom-light: #876765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 31.783,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35062,
    "c": 0.05771,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E2C

secondary

#568587

accent

#C3C860

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E2C

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

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