#5A1811#5A1811

#5A1811 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.098 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1811
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 17)
HSL	hsl(6, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.51, 29.75, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.51, 36.78, 36.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.75% 0.0853 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(31.75% 0.098 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6448, 2.8681, 0.8392)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1811 #11535A

analogous

#5A112E #5A1811 #5A3C11

triadic

#5A1811 #115A18 #18115A

tetradic

#5A1811 #2E5A11 #11535A #3C115A

square

#5A1811 #2E5A11 #11535A #3C115A

split-complementary

#5A1811 #115A3C #112E5A

monochromatic

#1A0705 #270A07 #5A1811 #8D261B #C13324

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#5A1811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#5A1811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1811

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1811	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B350F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640417

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.098 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f594f',
    500: '#5a1811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1811;
$custom-light: #8f594f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.753,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31749,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1811

secondary

#348A93

accent

#DAEB3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1811

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

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