#553239#553239

#553239 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.052 H 7.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#553239
RGB	rgb(85, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(348, 26%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(348, 41%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 32.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 16.90, 2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 17.06, 7.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0512 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.052 7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6256, 4.5083, 4.4440)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#553239 #32554E

analogous

#55324B #553239 #553D32

triadic

#553239 #395532 #323955

tetradic

#553239 #4B5532 #32554E #3D3255

square

#553239 #4B5532 #32554E #3D3255

split-complementary

#553239 #32553D #324B55

monochromatic

#130B0D #2E1B1F #553239 #7C4953 #A1606D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#553239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#553239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #553239

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##553239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##553239	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #553239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.052 7.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866a6f',
    500: '#553239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #553239;
$custom-light: #866a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#553239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36243,
    "c": 0.05159,
    "h": 7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#553239

secondary

#5D867E

accent

#C2B065

background

#F8F6F6

surface

#EFEBEC

border

#CAC6C7

text

#0B0607

muted

#7C7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #553239

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

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