#552E30#552E30

#552E30 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.057 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E30
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(357, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 43.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 18.11, 6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 19.25, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0548 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.057 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2571, 4.0991, 3.3101)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E30 #2E5553

analogous

#552E43 #552E30 #553F2E

triadic

#552E30 #30552E #2E3055

tetradic

#552E30 #43552E #2E5553 #3F2E55

square

#552E30 #43552E #2E5553 #3F2E55

split-complementary

#552E30 #2E553F #2E4355

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D191A #552E30 #7D4346 #A4595D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#552E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#552E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E30

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E30	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.057 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876768',
    500: '#552e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e30;
$custom-light: #876768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35174,
    "c": 0.05731,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E30

secondary

#588784

accent

#C6C162

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E30

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

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