#591A16#591A16

#591A16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.094 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591A16
RGB	rgb(89, 26, 22)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 75.3%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 28.68, 18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 34.20, 33.03°)
OKLab	oklab(31.9% 0.0832 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(31.9% 0.094 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6345, 2.9212, 1.0787)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591A16 #165559

analogous

#591634 #591A16 #593C16

triadic

#591A16 #16591A #1A1659

tetradic

#591A16 #345916 #165559 #3C1659

square

#591A16 #345916 #165559 #3C1659

split-complementary

#591A16 #16593C #163459

monochromatic

#190706 #280C0A #591A16 #8A2822 #BB372E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.26

#591A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#591A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591A16

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591A16	1.00	13.26	1.58	13.26
#FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#620A1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 26, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.094 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5a53',
    500: '#591a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591a16;
$custom-light: #8d5a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.582,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31898,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591A16

secondary

#3B8B90

accent

#DAE444

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #591A16

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

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