#5A1111#5A1111

#5A1111 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.105 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1111
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 17)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(0, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.43, 32.71, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.43, 38.54, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(30.95% 0.0946 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(30.95% 0.105 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5186, 2.6157, 0.7972)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1111 #115A5A

analogous

#5A1135 #5A1111 #5A3511

triadic

#5A1111 #115A11 #11115A

tetradic

#5A1111 #355A11 #115A5A #35115A

square

#5A1111 #355A11 #115A5A #35115A

split-complementary

#5A1111 #115A35 #11355A

monochromatic

#1A0505 #270707 #5A1111 #8D1B1B #C12424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.79

#5A1111 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#5A1111 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1111

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1111	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1111	1.00	13.79	1.52	13.79
#FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1111;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.105 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f564f',
    500: '#5a1111',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1111;
$custom-light: #8f564f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1111",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30947,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1111

secondary

#349393

accent

#EBEB3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1111

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

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