#5A281D#5A281D

#5A281D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.077 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A281D
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(11, 51%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(11, 68%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 67.8%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 21.97, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 28.37, 39.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0637 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.077 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1975, 3.7806, 1.6182)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A281D #1D4F5A

analogous

#5A1D30 #5A281D #5A461D

triadic

#5A281D #1D5A28 #281D5A

tetradic

#5A281D #305A1D #1D4F5A #461D5A

square

#5A281D #305A1D #1D4F5A #461D5A

split-complementary

#5A281D #1D5A46 #1D305A

monochromatic

#170A07 #2C130E #5A281D #883D2C #B7513B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#5A281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5A281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A281D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A281D	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631F25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.077 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6359',
    500: '#5a281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a281d;
$custom-light: #8d6359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.82,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34394,
    "c": 0.07655,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A281D

secondary

#44828F

accent

#C1DB4D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A281D

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

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