#5A171E#5A171E

#5A171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.097 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A171E
RGB	rgb(90, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 66.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 30.99, 13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 33.61, 22.77°)
OKLab	oklab(31.86% 0.0922 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(31.86% 0.097 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7577, 2.8809, 1.5336)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A171E #175A53

analogous

#5A1740 #5A171E #5A3117

triadic

#5A171E #1E5A17 #171E5A

tetradic

#5A171E #405A17 #175A53 #31175A

square

#5A171E #405A17 #175A53 #31175A

split-complementary

#5A171E #175A31 #17405A

monochromatic

#180608 #290B0E #5A171E #8B232E #BB303E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#5A171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#5A171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A171E

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A171E	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29261E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A351C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63061A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.097 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5959',
    500: '#5a171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a171e;
$custom-light: #8e5959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.731,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31859,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A171E

secondary

#3C9188

accent

#E2D245

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A171E

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

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