#5A170D#5A170D

#5A170D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.100 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A170D
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 13)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 85.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.29, 30.04, 23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.29, 38.14, 38.04°)
OKLab	oklab(31.57% 0.0853 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(31.57% 0.1 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5960, 2.8162, 0.6823)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A170D #0D505A

analogous

#5A0D2A #5A170D #5A3D0D

triadic

#5A170D #0D5A17 #170D5A

tetradic

#5A170D #2A5A0D #0D505A #3D0D5A

square

#5A170D #2A5A0D #0D505A #3D0D5A

split-complementary

#5A170D #0D5A3D #0D2A5A

monochromatic

#1B0704 #250905 #5A170D #8F2515 #C5321C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#5A170D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#5A170D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A170D

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A170D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A170D	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B250B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640215

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a170d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.100 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f594d',
    500: '#5a170d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a170d;
$custom-light: #8f594d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a170d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.792,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31573,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A170D

secondary

#2E8794

accent

#D9F136

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A170D

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

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