#5B161E#5B161E

#5B161E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.100 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B161E
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 30)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 67%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.61, 31.80, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.61, 34.39, 22.41°)
OKLab	oklab(31.93% 0.0946 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(31.93% 0.1 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8361, 2.8924, 1.5317)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B161E #165B53

analogous

#5B1641 #5B161E #5B3016

triadic

#5B161E #1E5B16 #161E5B

tetradic

#5B161E #415B16 #165B53 #30165B

square

#5B161E #415B16 #165B53 #30165B

split-complementary

#5B161E #165B30 #16415B

monochromatic

#190608 #2A0A0E #5B161E #8C222E #BE2E3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#5B161E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#5B161E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B161E

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B161E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B161E	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29261E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A351C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#640419

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b161e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.100 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5959',
    500: '#5b161e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b161e;
$custom-light: #8f5959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b161e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.043,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31933,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B161E

secondary

#3B9288

accent

#E4D244

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0D0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B161E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →