#552F33#552F33

#552F33 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.056 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F33
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 51)
HSL	hsl(354, 29%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(354, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 40%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 17.89, 4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 18.58, 15.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0542 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.056 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3606, 4.2038, 3.6604)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F33 #2F5551

analogous

#552F46 #552F33 #553E2F

triadic

#552F33 #33552F #2F3355

tetradic

#552F33 #46552F #2F5551 #3E2F55

square

#552F33 #46552F #2F5551 #3E2F55

split-complementary

#552F33 #2F553E #2F4655

monochromatic

#140B0C #2E191B #552F33 #7C454B #A45B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#552F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#552F33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F33

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F33	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2B31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.056 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86686a',
    500: '#552f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f33;
$custom-light: #86686a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.684,
    "s": 28.788,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35459,
    "c": 0.05578,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F33

secondary

#598682

accent

#C5BB63

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F33

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

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