#56231A#56231A

#56231A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.078 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56231A
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 69.8%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 22.89, 17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 28.78, 37.29°)
OKLab	oklab(32.8% 0.0664 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(32.8% 0.078 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6257, 3.2557, 1.3619)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56231A #1A4D56

analogous

#561A2F #56231A #56411A

triadic

#56231A #1A5623 #231A56

tetradic

#56231A #2F561A #1A4D56 #411A56

square

#56231A #2F561A #1A4D56 #411A56

split-complementary

#56231A #1A5641 #1A2F56

monochromatic

#170A07 #27100C #56231A #853628 #B44936

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#56231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#56231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56231A

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56231A	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1921

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.078 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5f56',
    500: '#56231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56231a;
$custom-light: #8a5f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.328,
    "c": 0.07809,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56231A

secondary

#40818C

accent

#C7DD4B

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #56231A

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

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