#591517#591517

#591517 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.099 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591517
RGB	rgb(89, 21, 23)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 74.2%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.90, 31.04, 16.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.90, 35.38, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.28% 0.0909 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(31.28% 0.099 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.5431, 2.7227, 1.0968)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591517 #155957

analogous

#591539 #591517 #593515

triadic

#591517 #175915 #151759

tetradic

#591517 #395915 #155957 #351559

square

#591517 #395915 #155957 #351559

split-complementary

#591517 #155935 #153959

monochromatic

#190606 #27090A #591517 #8B2124 #BC2C31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#591517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#591517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591517

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591517	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#620116

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 21, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.099 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5853',
    500: '#591517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591517;
$custom-light: #8e5853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31283,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591517

secondary

#39918E

accent

#E5E043

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #591517

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

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