#59171B#59171B

#59171B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.096 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59171B
RGB	rgb(89, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 69.7%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.29, 30.41, 14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.29, 33.78, 25.82°)
OKLab	oklab(31.6% 0.0898 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(31.6% 0.096 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6245, 2.8164, 1.3368)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59171B #175955

analogous

#59173C #59171B #593417

triadic

#59171B #1B5917 #171B59

tetradic

#59171B #3C5917 #175955 #341759

square

#59171B #3C5917 #175955 #341759

split-complementary

#59171B #175934 #173C59

monochromatic

#180607 #280A0C #59171B #8A242A #BA3039

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#59171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#59171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59171B

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59171B	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29261B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#620619

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.096 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5957',
    500: '#59171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59171b;
$custom-light: #8d5957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31602,
    "c": 0.09641,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59171B

secondary

#3C908B

accent

#E2D946

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #59171B

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

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