#552F2E#552F2E

#552F2E is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.056 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F2E
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 46)
HSL	hsl(2, 30%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(2, 46%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 45.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 17.22, 8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 19.06, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.0519 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.056 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2562, 4.1620, 3.1108)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F2E #2E5455

analogous

#552E40 #552F2E #55422E

triadic

#552F2E #2E552F #2F2E55

tetradic

#552F2E #40552E #2E5455 #422E55

square

#552F2E #40552E #2E5455 #422E55

split-complementary

#552F2E #2E5542 #2E4055

monochromatic

#140B0B #2D1919 #552F2E #7D4543 #A45B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#552F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F2E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F2E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37352E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.056 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876866',
    500: '#552f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f2e;
$custom-light: #876866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.538,
    "s": 29.771,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35312,
    "c": 0.05595,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F2E

secondary

#588587

accent

#C3C662

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F2E

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