#56281B#56281B

#56281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.072 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#56281B
RGB	rgb(86, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(13, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 68.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 20.02, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 27.07, 42.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.7% 0.0577 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(33.7% 0.072 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7948, 3.5757, 1.4744)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#56281B #1B4956

analogous

#561B2C #56281B #56461B

triadic

#56281B #1B5628 #281B56

tetradic

#56281B #2C561B #1B4956 #461B56

square

#56281B #2C561B #1B4956 #461B56

split-complementary

#56281B #1B5646 #1B2C56

monochromatic

#170B07 #27120C #56281B #853E2A #B35338

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#56281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#56281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #56281B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##56281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##56281B	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F391A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F2025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #56281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(86, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.072 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#896357',
    500: '#56281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #56281b;
$custom-light: #896357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#56281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 86,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.22,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.337,
    "c": 0.07196,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#56281B

secondary

#417B8C

accent

#BCDC4C

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0C0503

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #56281B

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

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