#56231C#56231C

#56231C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.078 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56231C
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 28)
HSL	hsl(7, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(7, 67%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 67.4%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.07, 23.05, 16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.07, 28.14, 35.02°)
OKLab	oklab(32.84% 0.0673 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(32.84% 0.078 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6488, 3.2649, 1.4838)
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

#56231C #1C4F56

analogous

#561C32 #56231C #56401C

triadic

#56231C #1C5623 #231C56

tetradic

#56231C #32561C #1C4F56 #401C56

square

#56231C #32561C #1C4F56 #401C56

split-complementary

#56231C #1C5640 #1C3256

monochromatic

#170908 #28100D #56231C #84362B #B2493A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#56231C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#56231C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56231C

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56231C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56231C	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D371B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1A21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56231c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.078 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6058',
    500: '#56231c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56231c;
$custom-light: #8a6058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56231c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.241,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32838,
    "c": 0.07751,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56231C

secondary

#42838C

accent

#C9DA4D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #56231C

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

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