#56161B#56161B

#56161B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.094 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56161B
RGB	rgb(86, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 29.75, 13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 32.70, 24.54°)
OKLab	oklab(30.9% 0.0882 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(30.9% 0.094 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3229, 2.6320, 1.3171)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56161B #165651

analogous

#56163B #56161B #563116

triadic

#56161B #1B5616 #161B56

tetradic

#56161B #3B5616 #165651 #311656

square

#56161B #3B5616 #165651 #311656

split-complementary

#56161B #165631 #163B56

monochromatic

#180608 #250A0C #56161B #87222A #B72F3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.76

#56161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#56161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56161B

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56161B	1.00	13.76	1.53	13.76
#FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27241B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#373219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F0618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.094 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5857',
    500: '#56161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56161b;
$custom-light: #8b5857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.313,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30899,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56161B

secondary

#3A8D87

accent

#E2D645

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0303

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #56161B

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

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