#552F2B#552F2B

#552F2B is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.057 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F2B
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 43)
HSL	hsl(6, 33%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(6, 49%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 49.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 16.84, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 19.63, 30.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0505 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.057 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1992, 4.1392, 2.8102)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F2B #2B5155

analogous

#552B3C #552F2B #55442B

triadic

#552F2B #2B552F #2F2B55

tetradic

#552F2B #3C552B #2B5155 #442B55

square

#552F2B #3C552B #2B5155 #442B55

split-complementary

#552F2B #2B5544 #2B3C55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2C1916 #552F2B #7E4540 #A65C54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#552F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552F2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F2B

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F2B	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37352B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.057 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876864',
    500: '#552f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f2b;
$custom-light: #876864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 32.812,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35232,
    "c": 0.05655,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F2B

secondary

#558287

accent

#BFC95F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F2B

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

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