#5A1212#5A1212

#5A1212 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.104 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1212
RGB	rgb(90, 18, 18)
HSL	hsl(0, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(0, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.59, 32.37, 19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.59, 38.03, 31.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.07% 0.0937 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(31.07% 0.104 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5425, 2.6506, 0.8446)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1212 #125A5A

analogous

#5A1236 #5A1212 #5A3612

triadic

#5A1212 #125A12 #12125A

tetradic

#5A1212 #365A12 #125A5A #36125A

square

#5A1212 #365A12 #125A5A #36125A

split-complementary

#5A1212 #125A36 #12365A

monochromatic

#1A0505 #270808 #5A1212 #8D1C1C #C02626

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.73

#5A1212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#5A1212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1212

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1212	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)

#272311

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39330F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 18, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.104 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5650',
    500: '#5a1212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1212;
$custom-light: #8f5650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31065,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1212

secondary

#359393

accent

#EAEA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1212

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

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