#5A1011#5A1011

#5A1011 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.106 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1011
RGB	rgb(90, 16, 17)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(359, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.2%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.30, 33.08, 20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.30, 38.77, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(30.85% 0.0958 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(30.85% 0.106 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5034, 2.5854, 0.7921)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1011 #105A59

analogous

#5A1036 #5A1011 #5A3410

triadic

#5A1011 #115A10 #10115A

tetradic

#5A1011 #365A10 #105A59 #34105A

square

#5A1011 #365A10 #105A59 #34105A

split-complementary

#5A1011 #105A34 #10365A

monochromatic

#1A0505 #260707 #5A1011 #8E191B #C22225

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#5A1011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#5A1011 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1011

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1011	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39320E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 16, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.106 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f564f',
    500: '#5a1011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1011;
$custom-light: #8f564f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.189,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30848,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1011

secondary

#339392

accent

#EDEA3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1011

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

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