#552E2F#552E2F

#552E2F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.057 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E2F
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 47)
HSL	hsl(358, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(358, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 44.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 17.97, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 19.35, 21.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0543 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.057 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2367, 4.0910, 3.2026)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E2F #2E5554

analogous

#552E42 #552E2F #55402E

triadic

#552E2F #2F552E #2E2F55

tetradic

#552E2F #42552E #2E5554 #402E55

square

#552E2F #42552E #2E5554 #402E55

split-complementary

#552E2F #2E5540 #2E4255

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1919 #552E2F #7D4345 #A4595B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#552E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#552E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E2F

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E2F	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C292F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.057 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876767',
    500: '#552e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e2f;
$custom-light: #876767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35145,
    "c": 0.05735,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E2F

secondary

#588785

accent

#C6C362

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E2F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →