#5B1612#5B1612

#5B1612 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.101 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1612
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 18)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 80.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.40, 31.08, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.40, 37.49, 34.01°)
OKLab	oklab(31.71% 0.0895 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(31.71% 0.101 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7110, 2.8423, 0.8727)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1612 #12575B

analogous

#5B1233 #5B1612 #5B3B12

triadic

#5B1612 #125B16 #16125B

tetradic

#5B1612 #335B12 #12575B #3B125B

square

#5B1612 #335B12 #12575B #3B125B

split-complementary

#5B1612 #125B3B #12335B

monochromatic

#1A0605 #280A08 #5B1612 #8E221C #C12F26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#5B1612 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#5B1612 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1612

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1612	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1612	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B350F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#650116

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1612;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.101 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905950',
    500: '#5b1612',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1612;
$custom-light: #905950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1612",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.288,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31712,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1612

secondary

#358E93

accent

#E0EA3E

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1612

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

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