#5A170E#5A170E

#5A170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.100 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A170E
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 84.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.30, 30.08, 23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.30, 37.88, 37.44°)
OKLab	oklab(31.59% 0.0856 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(31.59% 0.1 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6026, 2.8189, 0.7171)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A170E #0E515A

analogous

#5A0E2B #5A170E #5A3D0E

triadic

#5A170E #0E5A17 #170E5A

tetradic

#5A170E #2B5A0E #0E515A #3D0E5A

square

#5A170E #2B5A0E #0E515A #3D0E5A

split-complementary

#5A170E #0E5A3D #0E2B5A

monochromatic

#1A0704 #250906 #5A170E #8F2516 #C4321E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#5A170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#5A170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A170E

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A170E	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)

#2B250C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640215

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.100 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f594d',
    500: '#5a170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a170e;
$custom-light: #8f594d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.105,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31585,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A170E

secondary

#308894

accent

#DAF038

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A170E

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

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