#5A170C#5A170C

#5A170C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.100 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A170C
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 12)
HSL	hsl(8, 76%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(8, 87%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 86.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.28, 30.00, 23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.28, 38.39, 38.61°)
OKLab	oklab(31.56% 0.0849 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(31.56% 0.1 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5897, 2.8137, 0.6492)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A170C #0C4F5A

analogous

#5A0C28 #5A170C #5A3E0C

triadic

#5A170C #0C5A17 #170C5A

tetradic

#5A170C #285A0C #0C4F5A #3E0C5A

square

#5A170C #285A0C #0C4F5A #3E0C5A

split-complementary

#5A170C #0C5A3E #0C285A

monochromatic

#1B0704 #240905 #5A170C #902513 #C6331A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44

#5A170C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#5A170C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A170C

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A170C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A170C	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B250A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3409

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640215

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a170c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.100 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f594c',
    500: '#5a170c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a170c;
$custom-light: #8f594c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a170c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.462,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31562,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A170C

secondary

#2D8695

accent

#D8F335

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A170C

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

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