#552F35#552F35

#552F35 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.056 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552F35
RGB	rgb(85, 47, 53)
HSL	hsl(351, 29%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(351, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.7%, 37.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 18.18, 3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 18.56, 11.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0551 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.056 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4057, 4.2218, 3.8977)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552F35 #2F554F

analogous

#552F48 #552F35 #553C2F

triadic

#552F35 #35552F #2F3555

tetradic

#552F35 #48552F #2F554F #3C2F55

square

#552F35 #48552F #2F554F #3C2F55

split-complementary

#552F35 #2F553C #2F4855

monochromatic

#140B0C #2E191C #552F35 #7C454E #A45B66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#552F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#552F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552F35

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552F35	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2B31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 47, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.056 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86686c',
    500: '#552f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552f35;
$custom-light: #86686c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 28.788,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35521,
    "c": 0.056,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552F35

secondary

#59867F

accent

#C5B663

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEB

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0B0606

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #552F35

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

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