#5A232D#5A232D

#5A232D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.081 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A232D
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(349, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 50%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 26.35, 6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 27.06, 13.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.94% 0.0798 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(33.94% 0.081 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2915, 3.5658, 2.8917)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A232D #235A50

analogous

#5A2349 #5A232D #5A3523

triadic

#5A232D #2D5A23 #232D5A

tetradic

#5A232D #495A23 #235A50 #35235A

square

#5A232D #495A23 #235A50 #35235A

split-complementary

#5A232D #235A35 #23495A

monochromatic

#16090B #2E1217 #5A232D #863443 #B24559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#5A232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5A232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A232D

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A232D	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D392C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#621C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.081 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6065',
    500: '#5a232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a232d;
$custom-light: #8c6065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3394,
    "c": 0.08139,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A232D

secondary

#4B8E82

accent

#D4BD54

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A232D

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

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