#5A1218#5A1218

#5A1218 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.103 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1218
RGB	rgb(90, 18, 24)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 73.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.68, 32.69, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.68, 36.43, 26.18°)
OKLab	oklab(31.17% 0.0962 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(31.17% 0.103 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5981, 2.6729, 1.1378)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1218 #125A54

analogous

#5A123C #5A1218 #5A3012

triadic

#5A1218 #185A12 #12185A

tetradic

#5A1218 #3C5A12 #125A54 #30125A

square

#5A1218 #3C5A12 #125A54 #30125A

split-complementary

#5A1218 #125A30 #123C5A

monochromatic

#1A0507 #27080A #5A1218 #8D1C26 #C02633

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#5A1218 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#5A1218 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1218

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1218	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1218	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)

#272418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1218;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 18, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.103 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5754',
    500: '#5a1218',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1218;
$custom-light: #8f5754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1218",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31168,
    "c": 0.10332,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1218

secondary

#35938B

accent

#EADB3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1218

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

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