#552F2F#552F2F

#552F2F is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.056 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F2F
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 47)
HSL	hsl(0, 29%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(0, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 44.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 17.35, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 18.91, 23.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0524 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.056 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2762, 4.1700, 3.2158)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F2F #2F5555

analogous

#552F42 #552F2F #55422F

triadic

#552F2F #2F552F #2F2F55

tetradic

#552F2F #42552F #2F5555 #422F55

square

#552F2F #42552F #2F5555 #422F55

split-complementary

#552F2F #2F5542 #2F4255

monochromatic

#140B0B #2E1919 #552F2F #7C4545 #A45B5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#552F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#552F2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F2F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F2F	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37352F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.056 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876867',
    500: '#552f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f2f;
$custom-light: #876867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 28.788,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3534,
    "c": 0.05584,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F2F

secondary

#598686

accent

#C5C563

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F2F

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

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