#5A281E#5A281E

#5A281E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.076 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A281E
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(10, 67%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 66.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 22.05, 17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 28.04, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% 0.0641 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.076 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2100, 3.7856, 1.6844)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A281E #1E505A

analogous

#5A1E32 #5A281E #5A461E

triadic

#5A281E #1E5A28 #281E5A

tetradic

#5A281E #325A1E #1E505A #461E5A

square

#5A281E #325A1E #1E505A #461E5A

split-complementary

#5A281E #1E5A46 #1E325A

monochromatic

#170A08 #2C140F #5A281E #883C2D #B6513D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#5A281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5A281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A281E

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A281E	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631F26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.076 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d635a',
    500: '#5a281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a281e;
$custom-light: #8d635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34413,
    "c": 0.07621,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A281E

secondary

#45838F

accent

#C2DA4E

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A281E

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

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