#5A1812#5A1812

#5A1812 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.098 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1812
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 18)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 80%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.52, 29.80, 21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.52, 36.48, 35.24°)
OKLab	oklab(31.76% 0.0857 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(31.76% 0.098 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6528, 2.8713, 0.8814)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1812 #12545A

analogous

#5A1230 #5A1812 #5A3C12

triadic

#5A1812 #125A18 #18125A

tetradic

#5A1812 #305A12 #12545A #3C125A

square

#5A1812 #305A12 #12545A #3C125A

split-complementary

#5A1812 #125A3C #12305A

monochromatic

#1A0705 #270A08 #5A1812 #8D261C #C03326

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#5A1812 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#5A1812 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1812

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1812	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1812	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640517

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1812;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.098 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5950',
    500: '#5a1812',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1812;
$custom-light: #8f5950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1812",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31763,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1812

secondary

#358B93

accent

#DBEA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1812

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

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