#53231A#53231A

#53231A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.074 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53231A
RGB	rgb(83, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 68.7%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.50, 21.58, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.50, 27.26, 37.67°)
OKLab	oklab(32.29% 0.0627 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(32.29% 0.074 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3551, 3.1162, 1.3492)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53231A #1A4A53

analogous

#531A2E #53231A #53401A

triadic

#53231A #1A5323 #231A53

tetradic

#53231A #2E531A #1A4A53 #401A53

square

#53231A #2E531A #1A4A53 #401A53

split-complementary

#53231A #1A5340 #1A2E53

monochromatic

#170A07 #240F0B #53231A #823729 #B04A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#53231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#53231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53231A

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53231A	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B1A21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.074 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875f56',
    500: '#53231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53231a;
$custom-light: #875f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32287,
    "c": 0.07406,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53231A

secondary

#407E89

accent

#C5DC4C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #53231A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →