#5A1817#5A1817

#5A1817 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.097 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A1817
RGB	rgb(90, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 74.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.60, 30.07, 17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.60, 34.98, 30.72°)
OKLab	oklab(31.84% 0.0877 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(31.84% 0.097 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6982, 2.8895, 1.1208)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A1817 #17595A

analogous

#5A1737 #5A1817 #5A3A17

triadic

#5A1817 #175A18 #18175A

tetradic

#5A1817 #375A17 #17595A #3A175A

square

#5A1817 #375A17 #17595A #3A175A

split-complementary

#5A1817 #175A3A #17375A

monochromatic

#180606 #290B0B #5A1817 #8B2523 #BB3230

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#5A1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#5A1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A1817

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A1817	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640618

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.097 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5954',
    500: '#5a1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a1817;
$custom-light: #8e5954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.896,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31843,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A1817

secondary

#3C9091

accent

#E0E245

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A1817

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

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