#56261B#56261B

#56261B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.074 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56261B
RGB	rgb(86, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(11, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 21.22, 17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 27.59, 39.74°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% 0.0614 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.074 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7291, 3.4444, 1.4525)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56261B #1B4B56

analogous

#561B2E #56261B #56431B

triadic

#56261B #1B5626 #261B56

tetradic

#56261B #2E561B #1B4B56 #431B56

square

#56261B #2E561B #1B4B56 #431B56

split-complementary

#56261B #1B5643 #1B2E56

monochromatic

#170A07 #27110C #56261B #853B2A #B34F38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#56261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#56261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56261B

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56261B	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E381A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1D23

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.074 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6157',
    500: '#56261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56261b;
$custom-light: #8a6157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.186,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33339,
    "c": 0.07422,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56261B

secondary

#417E8C

accent

#C1DC4C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #56261B

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

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