#5A1513#5A1513

#5A1513 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.101 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1513
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 19)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.7%, 78.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.05, 31.19, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.05, 36.98, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% 0.0903 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.101 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6027, 2.7577, 0.9059)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1513 #13585A

analogous

#5A1335 #5A1513 #5A3913

triadic

#5A1513 #135A15 #15135A

tetradic

#5A1513 #355A13 #13585A #39135A

square

#5A1513 #355A13 #13585A #39135A

split-complementary

#5A1513 #135A39 #13355A

monochromatic

#190605 #270908 #5A1513 #8D211E #BF2D28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.54

#5A1513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#5A1513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1513

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1513	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)

#292512

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3411

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.101 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5850',
    500: '#5a1513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1513;
$custom-light: #8f5850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31413,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1513

secondary

#379092

accent

#E3E840

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1513

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

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