#5A261D#5A261D

#5A261D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.079 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A261D
RGB	rgb(90, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 67.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.48, 23.13, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.48, 28.94, 36.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0673 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.079 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1318, 3.6492, 1.5963)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A261D #1D515A

analogous

#5A1D32 #5A261D #5A441D

triadic

#5A261D #1D5A26 #261D5A

tetradic

#5A261D #325A1D #1D515A #441D5A

square

#5A261D #325A1D #1D515A #441D5A

split-complementary

#5A261D #1D5A44 #1D325A

monochromatic

#170A07 #2C120E #5A261D #883A2C #B74D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#5A261D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5A261D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A261D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A261D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A261D	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631C24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.079 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6259',
    500: '#5a261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a261d;
$custom-light: #8d6259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34047,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A261D

secondary

#44848F

accent

#C6DB4D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A261D

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

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