#552E2E#552E2E

#552E2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.057 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E2E
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(0, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 17.84, 7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 19.48, 23.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0538 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.057 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2167, 4.0830, 3.0976)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E2E #2E5555

analogous

#552E41 #552E2E #55412E

triadic

#552E2E #2E552E #2E2E55

tetradic

#552E2E #41552E #2E5555 #412E55

square

#552E2E #41552E #2E5555 #412E55

split-complementary

#552E2E #2E5541 #2E4155

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1919 #552E2E #7D4343 #A45959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#552E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#552E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E2E

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E2E	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C292E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.057 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876766',
    500: '#552e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e2e;
$custom-light: #876766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35117,
    "c": 0.05743,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E2E

secondary

#588787

accent

#C6C662

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E2E

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

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