#552F34#552F34

#552F34 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.056 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F34
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 52)
HSL	hsl(352, 29%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(352, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 38.8%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 18.04, 4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 18.56, 13.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0547 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.056 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3829, 4.2127, 3.7778)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F34 #2F5550

analogous

#552F47 #552F34 #553D2F

triadic

#552F34 #34552F #2F3455

tetradic

#552F34 #47552F #2F5550 #3D2F55

square

#552F34 #47552F #2F5550 #3D2F55

split-complementary

#552F34 #2F553D #2F4755

monochromatic

#140B0C #2E191C #552F34 #7C454C #A45B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#552F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#552F34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F34

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F34	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2B31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.056 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86686b',
    500: '#552f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f34;
$custom-light: #86686b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.105,
    "s": 28.788,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3549,
    "c": 0.05587,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F34

secondary

#598681

accent

#C5B863

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#F0EBEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F34

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

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