#5A252D#5A252D

#5A252D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.078 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A252D
RGB	rgb(90, 37, 45)
HSL	hsl(351, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(351, 59%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 50%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 25.23, 6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 26.12, 14.99°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.0763 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.078 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3520, 3.6868, 2.9119)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A252D #255A52

analogous

#5A2548 #5A252D #5A3725

triadic

#5A252D #2D5A25 #252D5A

tetradic

#5A252D #485A25 #255A52 #37255A

square

#5A252D #485A25 #255A52 #37255A

split-complementary

#5A252D #255A37 #25485A

monochromatic

#16090B #2F1317 #5A252D #853743 #B14958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#5A252D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5A252D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A252D

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A252D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A252D	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#621E28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a252d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 37, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.078 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6265',
    500: '#5a252d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a252d;
$custom-light: #8c6265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a252d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.943,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34262,
    "c": 0.07827,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A252D

secondary

#4D8D84

accent

#D2BF56

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A252D

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

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