#552F2A#552F2A

#552F2A is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.057 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F2A
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 42)
HSL	hsl(7, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(7, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 16.72, 10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 19.86, 32.65°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0501 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.057 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1810, 4.1320, 2.7147)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F2A #2A5055

analogous

#552A3A #552F2A #55452A

triadic

#552F2A #2A552F #2F2A55

tetradic

#552F2A #3A552A #2A5055 #452A55

square

#552F2A #3A552A #2A5055 #452A55

split-complementary

#552F2A #2A5545 #2A3A55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1816 #552F2A #7E463E #A75C52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#552F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F2A

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F2A	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.057 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876863',
    500: '#552f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f2a;
$custom-light: #876863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.977,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35206,
    "c": 0.05683,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F2A

secondary

#538187

accent

#BDCA5E

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F2A

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

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