#552F2D#552F2D

#552F2D is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.056 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F2D
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 45)
HSL	hsl(3, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 47%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 47.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 17.09, 8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 19.23, 27.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% 0.0515 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.056 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2368, 4.1542, 3.0082)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F2D #2D5355

analogous

#552D3F #552F2D #55432D

triadic

#552F2D #2D552F #2F2D55

tetradic

#552F2D #3F552D #2D5355 #432D55

square

#552F2D #3F552D #2D5355 #432D55

split-complementary

#552F2D #2D5543 #2D3F55

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1918 #552F2D #7D4542 #A55B57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#552F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552F2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F2D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F2D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37352D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.056 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876865',
    500: '#552f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f2d;
$custom-light: #876865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35285,
    "c": 0.05612,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F2D

secondary

#578487

accent

#C2C761

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0605

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F2D

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

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