#552E32#552E32

#552E32 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.057 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E32
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 50)
HSL	hsl(354, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(354, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 41.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 18.38, 5.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 19.12, 15.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0557 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.057 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2993, 4.1160, 3.5324)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E32 #2E5551

analogous

#552E45 #552E32 #553D2E

triadic

#552E32 #32552E #2E3255

tetradic

#552E32 #45552E #2E5551 #3D2E55

square

#552E32 #45552E #2E5551 #3D2E55

split-complementary

#552E32 #2E553D #2E4555

monochromatic

#140B0C #2D191B #552E32 #7D4349 #A45961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#552E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#552E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E32

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E32	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.057 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876769',
    500: '#552e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e32;
$custom-light: #876769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.846,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35234,
    "c": 0.05735,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E32

secondary

#588782

accent

#C6BC62

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E32

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

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