#5A2117#5A2117

#5A2117 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.087 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2117
RGB	rgb(90, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 74.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 25.52, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 32.35, 37.92°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.0734 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.087 32)
XYZ	xyz(4.9154, 3.3239, 1.1932)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2117 #17505A

analogous

#5A172F #5A2117 #5A4317

triadic

#5A2117 #175A21 #21175A

tetradic

#5A2117 #2F5A17 #17505A #43175A

square

#5A2117 #2F5A17 #17505A #43175A

split-complementary

#5A2117 #175A43 #172F5A

monochromatic

#180906 #290F0B #5A2117 #8B3323 #BB4530

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#5A2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#5A2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2117

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2117	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63151F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.087 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5f54',
    500: '#5a2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2117;
$custom-light: #8e5f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.955,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33123,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.03323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2117

secondary

#3C8491

accent

#CBE245

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2117

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

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