#56231D#56231D

#56231D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.077 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56231D
RGB	rgb(86, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 66.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.09, 23.13, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.09, 27.84, 33.84°)
OKLab	oklab(32.86% 0.0677 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(32.86% 0.077 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6610, 3.2698, 1.5478)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56231D #1D5056

analogous

#561D33 #56231D #56401D

triadic

#56231D #1D5623 #231D56

tetradic

#56231D #33561D #1D5056 #401D56

square

#56231D #33561D #1D5056 #401D56

split-complementary

#56231D #1D5640 #1D3356

monochromatic

#170908 #28100E #56231D #84362C #B2483C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#56231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#56231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56231D

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56231D	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C371C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1A22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.077 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6059',
    500: '#56231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56231d;
$custom-light: #8a6059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32858,
    "c": 0.07725,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56231D

secondary

#44848B

accent

#CBD94F

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #56231D

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

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