#5A1712#5A1712

#5A1712 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.099 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1712
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 18)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.35, 30.26, 20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.35, 36.75, 34.58°)
OKLab	oklab(31.64% 0.0871 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(31.64% 0.099 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6325, 2.8308, 0.8746)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1712 #12555A

analogous

#5A1231 #5A1712 #5A3B12

triadic

#5A1712 #125A17 #17125A

tetradic

#5A1712 #315A12 #12555A #3B125A

square

#5A1712 #315A12 #12555A #3B125A

split-complementary

#5A1712 #125A3B #12315A

monochromatic

#1A0705 #270A08 #5A1712 #8D241C #C03126

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#5A1712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#5A1712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1712

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1712	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640316

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.099 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5950',
    500: '#5a1712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1712;
$custom-light: #8f5950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.167,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31638,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1712

secondary

#358C93

accent

#DEEA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1712

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

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