#5A201C#5A201C

#5A201C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.087 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A201C
RGB	rgb(90, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.4%, 68.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.17, 26.40, 16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.17, 31.10, 31.91°)
OKLab	oklab(33.06% 0.0773 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(33.06% 0.087 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9430, 3.2912, 1.4733)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A201C #1C565A

analogous

#5A1C37 #5A201C #5A3F1C

triadic

#5A201C #1C5A20 #201C5A

tetradic

#5A201C #375A1C #1C565A #3F1C5A

square

#5A201C #375A1C #1C565A #3F1C5A

split-complementary

#5A201C #1C5A3F #1C375A

monochromatic

#170807 #2B0F0D #5A201C #89312B #B74139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#5A201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#5A201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A201C

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A201C	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D381B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.087 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5e58',
    500: '#5a201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a201c;
$custom-light: #8d5e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33057,
    "c": 0.08654,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A201C

secondary

#428B8F

accent

#D3DC4C

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A201C

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

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