#5A221B#5A221B

#5A221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.084 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A221B
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 54%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 70%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.57, 25.24, 17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.57, 30.77, 34.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% 0.0734 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.084 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9868, 3.3975, 1.4299)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A221B #1B535A

analogous

#5A1B33 #5A221B #5A411B

triadic

#5A221B #1B5A22 #221B5A

tetradic

#5A221B #335A1B #1B535A #411B5A

square

#5A221B #335A1B #1B535A #411B5A

split-complementary

#5A221B #1B5A41 #1B335A

monochromatic

#180907 #2B100D #5A221B #893429 #B84637

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#5A221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#5A221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A221B

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A221B	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E381A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.084 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5f57',
    500: '#5a221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a221b;
$custom-light: #8d5f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3335,
    "c": 0.08431,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A221B

secondary

#418790

accent

#CDDD4B

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A221B

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

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