#591C17#591C17

#591C17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.091 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#591C17
RGB	rgb(89, 28, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 74.2%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.11, 27.74, 18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.11, 33.31, 33.60°)
OKLab	oklab(32.19% 0.0805 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(32.19% 0.091 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6902, 3.0169, 1.1458)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#591C17 #175459

analogous

#591733 #591C17 #593D17

triadic

#591C17 #17591C #1C1759

tetradic

#591C17 #335917 #175459 #3D1759

square

#591C17 #335917 #175459 #3D1759

split-complementary

#591C17 #17593D #173359

monochromatic

#180806 #280D0A #591C17 #8A2B24 #BA3B30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.10

#591C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#591C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #591C17

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##591C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##591C17	1.00	13.10	1.60	13.10
#FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#620E1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #591c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 28, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.091 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c54',
    500: '#591c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #591c17;
$custom-light: #8d5c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#591c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.545,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32192,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#591C17

secondary

#3C8A90

accent

#D6E246

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #591C17

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

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