#552E33#552E33

#552E33 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.057 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E33
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 51)
HSL	hsl(352, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(352, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 40%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 18.52, 4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 19.09, 14.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0561 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.057 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3211, 4.1248, 3.6472)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E33 #2E5550

analogous

#552E46 #552E33 #553C2E

triadic

#552E33 #33552E #2E3355

tetradic

#552E33 #46552E #2E5550 #3C2E55

square

#552E33 #46552E #2E5550 #3C2E55

split-complementary

#552E33 #2E553C #2E4655

monochromatic

#140B0C #2D191B #552E33 #7D434B #A45963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#552E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#552E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E33

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E33	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.057 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87676a',
    500: '#552e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e33;
$custom-light: #87676a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.308,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35265,
    "c": 0.05743,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E33

secondary

#588781

accent

#C6B962

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E33

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

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