#5A2211#5A2211

#5A2211 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.087 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2211
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 17)
HSL	hsl(14, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(14, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.43, 24.64, 23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.43, 34.24, 43.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.2% 0.0694 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(33.2% 0.087 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8902, 3.3588, 0.9210)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2211 #11495A

analogous

#5A1124 #5A2211 #5A4611

triadic

#5A2211 #115A22 #22115A

tetradic

#5A2211 #245A11 #11495A #46115A

square

#5A2211 #245A11 #11495A #46115A

split-complementary

#5A2211 #115A46 #11245A

monochromatic

#1A0A05 #270F07 #5A2211 #8D351B #C14924

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#5A2211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#5A2211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2211

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2211	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.087 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5f50',
    500: '#5a2211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2211;
$custom-light: #8e5f50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.973,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33196,
    "c": 0.08725,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2211

secondary

#347D93

accent

#C2EB3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0502

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2211

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

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