#552E40#552E40

#552E40 is a dark, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.062 H 351.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552E40
RGB	rgb(85, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(332, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(332, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 24.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 20.55, -3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 20.86, 350.25°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0617 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.062 351.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6488, 4.2559, 5.3734)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552E40 #2E5543

analogous

#552E53 #552E40 #552F2E

triadic

#552E40 #40552E #2E4055

tetradic

#552E40 #53552E #2E5543 #2F2E55

square

#552E40 #53552E #2E5543 #2F2E55

split-complementary

#552E40 #2E552F #2E5355

monochromatic

#140B0F #2D1922 #552E40 #7D435E #A4597C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#552E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#552E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552E40

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552E40	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#323641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2D34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.062 351.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866774',
    500: '#552e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552e40;
$custom-light: #866774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.308,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35722,
    "c": 0.06232,
    "h": 351.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552E40

secondary

#588771

accent

#C69862

background

#F8F6F7

surface

#EFEBED

border

#CAC6C8

text

#0B0608

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #552E40

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

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