#552E37#552E37

#552E37 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.058 H 5.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E37
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 55)
HSL	hsl(346, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(346, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 35.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 19.10, 2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 19.22, 6.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0579 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.058 5.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4131, 4.1616, 4.1319)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E37 #2E554C

analogous

#552E4A #552E37 #55382E

triadic

#552E37 #37552E #2E3755

tetradic

#552E37 #4A552E #2E554C #382E55

square

#552E37 #4A552E #2E554C #382E55

split-complementary

#552E37 #2E5538 #2E4A55

monochromatic

#140B0D #2D191D #552E37 #7D4351 #A4596A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#552E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E37

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E37	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2B31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.058 5.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86676d',
    500: '#552e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e37;
$custom-light: #86676d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.154,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35394,
    "c": 0.05819,
    "h": 5.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E37

secondary

#58877C

accent

#C6AF62

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0607

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E37

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

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