#5A282A#5A282A

#5A282A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.074 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A282A
RGB	rgb(90, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 38%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(358, 56%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 53.3%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 23.17, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 25.09, 22.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0696 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.074 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3935, 3.8590, 2.6509)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A282A #285A58

analogous

#5A2843 #5A282A #5A3F28

triadic

#5A282A #2A5A28 #282A5A

tetradic

#5A282A #435A28 #285A58 #3F285A

square

#5A282A #435A28 #285A58 #3F285A

split-complementary

#5A282A #285A3F #28435A

monochromatic

#15090A #301516 #5A282A #843B3E #AF4E52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#5A282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5A282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A282A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A282A	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33312A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#622129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.074 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6363',
    500: '#5a282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a282a;
$custom-light: #8c6363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34684,
    "c": 0.07368,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A282A

secondary

#518D8A

accent

#CECA59

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#F0EBEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0505

muted

#7D7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A282A

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

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