#5A170F#5A170F

#5A170F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.099 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A170F
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 15)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 83.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.31, 30.12, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.31, 37.61, 36.78°)
OKLab	oklab(31.6% 0.086 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(31.6% 0.099 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6096, 2.8216, 0.7538)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A170F #0F525A

analogous

#5A0F2C #5A170F #5A3C0F

triadic

#5A170F #0F5A17 #170F5A

tetradic

#5A170F #2C5A0F #0F525A #3C0F5A

square

#5A170F #2C5A0F #0F525A #3C0F5A

split-complementary

#5A170F #0F5A3C #0F2C5A

monochromatic

#1A0704 #260A06 #5A170F #8E2418 #C33220

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#5A170F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#5A170F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A170F

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A170F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A170F	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)

#2A250E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640216

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a170f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.099 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f594e',
    500: '#5a170f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a170f;
$custom-light: #8f594e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a170f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.4,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31597,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A170F

secondary

#318994

accent

#DBEE3A

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A170F

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

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