#5A1512#5A1512

#5A1512 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.101 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1512
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 18)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.03, 31.14, 20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.03, 37.27, 33.34°)
OKLab	oklab(31.4% 0.0899 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(31.4% 0.101 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.5943, 2.7544, 0.8619)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1512 #12575A

analogous

#5A1233 #5A1512 #5A3912

triadic

#5A1512 #125A15 #15125A

tetradic

#5A1512 #335A12 #12575A #39125A

square

#5A1512 #335A12 #12575A #39125A

split-complementary

#5A1512 #125A39 #12335A

monochromatic

#1A0605 #270908 #5A1512 #8D211C #C02D26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.54

#5A1512 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#5A1512 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1512

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1512	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1512	1.00	13.54	1.55	13.54
#FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A340F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1512;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.101 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5850',
    500: '#5a1512',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1512;
$custom-light: #8f5850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1512",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31398,
    "c": 0.101,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1512

secondary

#358F93

accent

#E2EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1512

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

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