#53251B#53251B

#53251B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.071 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53251B
RGB	rgb(83, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 67.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.99, 20.47, 16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.99, 26.35, 39.02°)
OKLab	oklab(32.66% 0.0594 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(32.66% 0.071 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4271, 3.2418, 1.4293)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53251B #1B4953

analogous

#531B2D #53251B #53411B

triadic

#53251B #1B5325 #251B53

tetradic

#53251B #2D531B #1B4953 #411B53

square

#53251B #2D531B #1B4953 #411B53

split-complementary

#53251B #1B5341 #1B2D53

monochromatic

#170A08 #25100C #53251B #813A2A #AF4E39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#53251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#53251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53251B

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53251B	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C361A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B1D23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.071 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876157',
    500: '#53251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53251b;
$custom-light: #876157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.714,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3266,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53251B

secondary

#417C89

accent

#C1DA4D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #53251B

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

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