#59271B#59271B

#59271B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.077 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59271B
RGB	rgb(89, 39, 27)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(12, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 69.7%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 21.96, 18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 28.83, 40.38°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.0634 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.077 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0436, 3.6546, 1.4765)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59271B #1B4D59

analogous

#591B2E #59271B #59461B

triadic

#59271B #1B5927 #271B59

tetradic

#59271B #2E591B #1B4D59 #461B59

square

#59271B #2E591B #1B4D59 #461B59

split-complementary

#59271B #1B5946 #1B2E59

monochromatic

#170A07 #2A120D #59271B #883C29 #B75037

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#59271B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#59271B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #59271B

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59271B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##59271B	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#621E24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59271b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 39, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.077 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6257',
    500: '#59271b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59271b;
$custom-light: #8c6257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59271b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34016,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59271B

secondary

#41808F

accent

#C1DD4B

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #59271B

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

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