#56271B#56271B

#56271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.073 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56271B
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 20.62, 17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 27.33, 41.00°)
OKLab	oklab(33.52% 0.0596 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(33.52% 0.073 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7615, 3.5092, 1.4633)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56271B #1B4A56

analogous

#561B2D #56271B #56441B

triadic

#56271B #1B5627 #271B56

tetradic

#56271B #2D561B #1B4A56 #441B56

square

#56271B #2D561B #1B4A56 #441B56

split-complementary

#56271B #1B5644 #1B2D56

monochromatic

#170B07 #27120C #56271B #853C2A #B35138

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#56271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#56271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56271B

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56271B	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F391A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.073 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6257',
    500: '#56271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56271b;
$custom-light: #8a6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.203,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33518,
    "c": 0.07308,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56271B

secondary

#417D8C

accent

#BEDC4C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #56271B

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

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