#5A1217#5A1217

#5A1217 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.103 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1217
RGB	rgb(90, 18, 23)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 74.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.67, 32.63, 16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.67, 36.68, 27.16°)
OKLab	oklab(31.15% 0.0958 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(31.15% 0.103 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5879, 2.6688, 1.0840)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1217 #125A55

analogous

#5A123B #5A1217 #5A3112

triadic

#5A1217 #175A12 #12175A

tetradic

#5A1217 #3B5A12 #125A55 #31125A

square

#5A1217 #3B5A12 #125A55 #31125A

split-complementary

#5A1217 #125A31 #123B5A

monochromatic

#1A0507 #27080A #5A1217 #8D1C24 #C02631

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#5A1217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#5A1217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1217

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1217	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 18, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.103 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5753',
    500: '#5a1217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1217;
$custom-light: #8f5753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.833,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31149,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1217

secondary

#35938C

accent

#EADE3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1217

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

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