#5B1412#5B1412

#5B1412 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.103 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1412
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 18)
HSL	hsl(2, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.09, 31.92, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.09, 38.00, 32.85°)
OKLab	oklab(31.48% 0.0922 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(31.48% 0.103 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6743, 2.7688, 0.8605)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1412 #12595B

analogous

#5B1235 #5B1412 #5B3912

triadic

#5B1412 #125B14 #14125B

tetradic

#5B1412 #355B12 #12595B #39125B

square

#5B1412 #355B12 #12595B #39125B

split-complementary

#5B1412 #125B39 #12355B

monochromatic

#1A0605 #280908 #5B1412 #8E1F1C #C12A26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#5B1412 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#5B1412 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1412

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1412	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1412	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B340F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#650014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1412;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.103 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905850',
    500: '#5b1412',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1412;
$custom-light: #905850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1412",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.644,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31482,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1412

secondary

#359193

accent

#E5EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1412

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

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