#56221B#56221B

#56221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.079 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56221B
RGB	rgb(86, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 23.54, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 28.76, 35.06°)
OKLab	oklab(32.65% 0.0686 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(32.65% 0.079 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6080, 3.2022, 1.4121)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56221B #1B4F56

analogous

#561B32 #56221B #56401B

triadic

#56221B #1B5622 #221B56

tetradic

#56221B #32561B #1B4F56 #401B56

square

#56221B #32561B #1B4F56 #401B56

split-complementary

#56221B #1B5640 #1B3256

monochromatic

#170907 #27100C #56221B #85342A #B34738

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#56221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#56221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56221B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56221B	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C361A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1821

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.079 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5f57',
    500: '#56221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56221b;
$custom-light: #8a5f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.119,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32651,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56221B

secondary

#41838C

accent

#CBDC4C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0403

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #56221B

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

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