#56271C#56271C

#56271C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.073 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56271C
RGB	rgb(86, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(11, 67%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.7%, 67.4%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.99, 20.70, 17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.99, 26.98, 39.88°)
OKLab	oklab(33.54% 0.06 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(33.54% 0.073 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7733, 3.5139, 1.5253)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56271C #1C4B56

analogous

#561C2E #56271C #56441C

triadic

#56271C #1C5627 #271C56

tetradic

#56271C #2E561C #1C4B56 #441C56

square

#56271C #2E561C #1C4B56 #441C56

split-complementary

#56271C #1C5644 #1C2E56

monochromatic

#170A08 #28120D #56271C #843C2B #B2513A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#56271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#56271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56271C

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56271C	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F391B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.073 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896258',
    500: '#56271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56271c;
$custom-light: #896258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33537,
    "c": 0.07271,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56271C

secondary

#427E8C

accent

#C0DA4D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #56271C

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

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