#552F2C#552F2C

#552F2C is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.056 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F2C
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 44)
HSL	hsl(4, 32%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(4, 48%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 48.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 16.97, 9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 19.42, 29.10°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.051 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.056 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2177, 4.1466, 2.9080)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F2C #2C5255

analogous

#552C3D #552F2C #55432C

triadic

#552F2C #2C552F #2F2C55

tetradic

#552F2C #3D552C #2C5255 #432C55

square

#552F2C #3D552C #2C5255 #432C55

split-complementary

#552F2C #2C5543 #2C3D55

monochromatic

#140B0A #2D1917 #552F2C #7D4541 #A65C56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#552F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552F2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F2C

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F2C	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37352C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.056 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876865',
    500: '#552f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f2c;
$custom-light: #876865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.39,
    "s": 31.783,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35258,
    "c": 0.05632,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F2C

secondary

#568387

accent

#C0C860

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F2C

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

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