#554140#554140

#554140 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.028 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#554140
RGB	rgb(85, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 14%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(3, 25%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 24.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 8.48, 3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 9.35, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.026 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.028 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5621, 6.0823, 5.6778)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#554140 #405455

analogous

#55404A #554140 #554C40

triadic

#554140 #405541 #414055

tetradic

#554140 #4A5540 #405455 #4C4055

square

#554140 #4A5540 #405455 #4C4055

split-complementary

#554140 #40554C #404A55

monochromatic

#110D0D #322626 #554140 #785C5A #997877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#554140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#554140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #554140

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##554140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##554140	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #554140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.028 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857574',
    500: '#554140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #554140;
$custom-light: #857574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#554140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 14.094,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39649,
    "c": 0.02799,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#554140

secondary

#6D8384

accent

#B4B771

background

#F8F7F7

surface

#EFEDED

border

#CAC8C8

text

#0B0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #554140

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

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