#5B1116#5B1116

#5B1116 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.106 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1116
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 22)
HSL	hsl(356, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 33.31, 17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 37.65, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(31.23% 0.0976 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(31.23% 0.106 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.6602, 2.6837, 1.0315)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1116 #115B56

analogous

#5B113B #5B1116 #5B3111

triadic

#5B1116 #165B11 #11165B

tetradic

#5B1116 #3B5B11 #115B56 #31115B

square

#5B1116 #3B5B11 #115B56 #31115B

split-complementary

#5B1116 #115B31 #113B5B

monochromatic

#1A0506 #27070A #5B1116 #8F1B22 #C2242F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#5B1116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#5B1116 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1116

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1116	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#272316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#393314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#650014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.106 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905653',
    500: '#5b1116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1116;
$custom-light: #905653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.946,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31231,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1116

secondary

#34948D

accent

#EBE03C

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1116

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

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