#53251D#53251D

#53251D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.071 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53251D
RGB	rgb(83, 37, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.4%, 65.1%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.02, 20.64, 15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.02, 25.69, 36.57°)
OKLab	oklab(32.7% 0.0603 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(32.7% 0.071 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4510, 3.2514, 1.5553)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53251D #1D4B53

analogous

#531D30 #53251D #53401D

triadic

#53251D #1D5325 #251D53

tetradic

#53251D #30531D #1D4B53 #401D53

square

#53251D #30531D #1D4B53 #401D53

split-complementary

#53251D #1D5340 #1D3053

monochromatic

#170A08 #26110D #53251D #80392D #AE4D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#53251D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#53251D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #53251D

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53251D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##53251D	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C361C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B1D23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53251d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 37, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.071 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876159',
    500: '#53251d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53251d;
$custom-light: #876159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53251d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.327,
    "c": 0.07067,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53251D

secondary

#447E88

accent

#C4D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #53251D

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

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