#5A271E#5A271E

#5A271E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.077 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A271E
RGB	rgb(90, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 66.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.72, 22.63, 17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.72, 28.33, 36.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.24% 0.0659 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(34.24% 0.077 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1768, 3.7191, 1.6733)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A271E #1E515A

analogous

#5A1E33 #5A271E #5A451E

triadic

#5A271E #1E5A27 #271E5A

tetradic

#5A271E #335A1E #1E515A #451E5A

square

#5A271E #335A1E #1E515A #451E5A

split-complementary

#5A271E #1E5A45 #1E335A

monochromatic

#170A08 #2C130F #5A271E #883B2D #B64F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#5A271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5A271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A271E

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A271E	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631E25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.077 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d635a',
    500: '#5a271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a271e;
$custom-light: #8d635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34238,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A271E

secondary

#45848F

accent

#C5DA4E

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A271E

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

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