#5A232C#5A232C

#5A232C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.081 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A232C
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(350, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(350, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 51.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 26.24, 6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 27.10, 14.55°)
OKLab	oklab(33.91% 0.0794 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(33.91% 0.081 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2725, 3.5582, 2.7915)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A232C #235A51

analogous

#5A2348 #5A232C #5A3623

triadic

#5A232C #2C5A23 #232C5A

tetradic

#5A232C #485A23 #235A51 #36235A

square

#5A232C #485A23 #235A51 #36235A

split-complementary

#5A232C #235A36 #23485A

monochromatic

#16090B #2E1216 #5A232C #863442 #B24557

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#5A232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5A232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A232C

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A232C	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D392B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#621C26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.081 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6064',
    500: '#5a232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a232c;
$custom-light: #8c6064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33911,
    "c": 0.08128,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A232C

secondary

#4B8E83

accent

#D4BF54

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A232C

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

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