#5B1017#5B1017

#5B1017 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.106 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1017
RGB	rgb(91, 16, 23)
HSL	hsl(354, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(354, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.4%, 74.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.62, 33.73, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.62, 37.65, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(31.15% 0.0992 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(31.15% 0.107 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6549, 2.6573, 1.0783)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1017 #105B54

analogous

#5B103C #5B1017 #5B2E10

triadic

#5B1017 #175B10 #10175B

tetradic

#5B1017 #3C5B10 #105B54 #2E105B

square

#5B1017 #3C5B10 #105B54 #2E105B

split-complementary

#5B1017 #105B2E #103C5B

monochromatic

#1A0507 #27070A #5B1017 #8F1924 #C32231

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#5B1017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#5B1017 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1017

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1017	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#650013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 16, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.106 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905653',
    500: '#5b1017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1017;
$custom-light: #905653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31152,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1017

secondary

#33948B

accent

#EDDC3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1017

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

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