#5A232E#5A232E

#5A232E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.082 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A232E
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(348, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(348, 61%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 48.9%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 26.46, 5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 27.03, 11.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% 0.0803 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.082 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3110, 3.5736, 2.9943)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A232E #235A4F

analogous

#5A234A #5A232E #5A3423

triadic

#5A232E #2E5A23 #232E5A

tetradic

#5A232E #4A5A23 #235A4F #34235A

square

#5A232E #4A5A23 #235A4F #34235A

split-complementary

#5A232E #235A34 #234A5A

monochromatic

#16090B #2E1217 #5A232E #863445 #B2455B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#5A232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5A232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A232E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A232E	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C392D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#621C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.082 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6066',
    500: '#5a232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a232e;
$custom-light: #8c6066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3397,
    "c": 0.08153,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A232E

secondary

#4B8E80

accent

#D4BA54

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0506

muted

#7D797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A232E

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

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