#591B20#591B20

#591B20 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.091 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591B20
RGB	rgb(89, 27, 32)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 64%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.09, 28.89, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.09, 31.39, 23.03°)
OKLab	oklab(32.23% 0.0861 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(32.23% 0.091 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7729, 3.0126, 1.6964)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591B20 #1B5954

analogous

#591B3F #591B20 #59351B

triadic

#591B20 #20591B #1B2059

tetradic

#591B20 #3F591B #1B5954 #351B59

square

#591B20 #3F591B #1B5954 #351B59

split-complementary

#591B20 #1B5935 #1B3F59

monochromatic

#170708 #2A0D0F #591B20 #882931 #B73742

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#591B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#591B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591B20

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591B20	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A351E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#620E1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 27, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.091 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b5b',
    500: '#591b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591b20;
$custom-light: #8d5b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.161,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32234,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591B20

secondary

#418F89

accent

#DDD14B

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0404

muted

#7E7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #591B20

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

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