#5A2829#5A2829

#5A2829 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.074 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A2829
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 38%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(359, 56%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 54.4%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 23.07, 10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 25.25, 23.99°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0691 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.074 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3759, 3.8519, 2.5578)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A2829 #285A59

analogous

#5A2842 #5A2829 #5A4028

triadic

#5A2829 #295A28 #28295A

tetradic

#5A2829 #425A28 #285A59 #40285A

square

#5A2829 #425A28 #285A59 #40285A

split-complementary

#5A2829 #285A40 #28425A

monochromatic

#15090A #301516 #5A2829 #843B3C #AF4E50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#5A2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5A2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A2829

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A2829	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#333129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#622129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.074 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6362',
    500: '#5a2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a2829;
$custom-light: #8c6362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.8,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34658,
    "c": 0.07376,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A2829

secondary

#518D8C

accent

#CECC59

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A2829

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

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