#5A221C#5A221C

#5A221C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.084 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A221C
RGB	rgb(90, 34, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 68.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 25.31, 16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 30.46, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.0739 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.084 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9985, 3.4022, 1.4919)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A221C #1C545A

analogous

#5A1C35 #5A221C #5A411C

triadic

#5A221C #1C5A22 #221C5A

tetradic

#5A221C #355A1C #1C545A #411C5A

square

#5A221C #355A1C #1C545A #411C5A

split-complementary

#5A221C #1C5A41 #1C355A

monochromatic

#170907 #2B100D #5A221C #89342B #B74539

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#5A221C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#5A221C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A221C

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A221C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A221C	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)

#302C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E381B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a221c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 34, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.084 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5f58',
    500: '#5a221c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a221c;
$custom-light: #8d5f58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a221c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33369,
    "c": 0.08406,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A221C

secondary

#42888F

accent

#CEDC4C

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A221C

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

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