#5A1121#5A1121

#5A1121 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.104 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1121
RGB	rgb(90, 17, 33)
HSL	hsl(347, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 63.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.74, 33.70, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.74, 35.09, 16.23°)
OKLab	oklab(31.27% 0.1015 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(31.27% 0.104 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6919, 2.6850, 1.7098)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1121 #115A4A

analogous

#5A1145 #5A1121 #5A2511

triadic

#5A1121 #215A11 #11215A

tetradic

#5A1121 #455A11 #115A4A #25115A

square

#5A1121 #455A11 #115A4A #25115A

split-complementary

#5A1121 #115A25 #11455A

monochromatic

#1A0509 #27070E #5A1121 #8D1B34 #C12447

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#5A1121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#5A1121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1121

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1121	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#630018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 17, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.104 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e565b',
    500: '#5a1121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1121;
$custom-light: #8e565b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.849,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31268,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1121

secondary

#34937E

accent

#EBC53D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0304

muted

#7E7879

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1121

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

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