#5A1211#5A1211

#5A1211 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.104 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1211
RGB	rgb(90, 18, 17)
HSL	hsl(1, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(1, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.57, 32.32, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.57, 38.30, 32.44°)
OKLab	oklab(31.05% 0.0934 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(31.05% 0.104 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5345, 2.6474, 0.8025)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1211 #11595A

analogous

#5A1134 #5A1211 #5A3611

triadic

#5A1211 #115A12 #12115A

tetradic

#5A1211 #345A11 #11595A #36115A

square

#5A1211 #345A11 #11595A #36115A

split-complementary

#5A1211 #115A36 #11345A

monochromatic

#1A0505 #270807 #5A1211 #8D1C1B #C12724

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.73

#5A1211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#5A1211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1211

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1211	1.00	13.73	1.53	13.73
#FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 18, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.104 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f564f',
    500: '#5a1211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1211;
$custom-light: #8f564f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.822,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31051,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1211

secondary

#349293

accent

#E9EB3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1211

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

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