#552E2D#552E2D

#552E2D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.058 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E2D
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 45)
HSL	hsl(2, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(2, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 47.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 17.72, 8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 19.63, 25.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0534 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.058 22)
XYZ	xyz(5.1972, 4.0752, 2.9950)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E2D #2D5455

analogous

#552D40 #552E2D #55422D

triadic

#552E2D #2D552E #2E2D55

tetradic

#552E2D #40552D #2D5455 #422D55

square

#552E2D #40552D #2D5455 #422D55

split-complementary

#552E2D #2D5542 #2D4055

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1818 #552E2D #7D4442 #A55957

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#552E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#552E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E2D

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E2D	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C292E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.058 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876765',
    500: '#552e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e2d;
$custom-light: #876765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35089,
    "c": 0.05755,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.04075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E2D

secondary

#578687

accent

#C4C761

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E2D

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

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