#5B170E#5B170E

#5B170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.101 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B170E
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 84.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.51, 30.46, 23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.51, 38.36, 37.44°)
OKLab	oklab(31.78% 0.0867 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(31.78% 0.101 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7006, 2.8694, 0.7217)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B170E #0E525B

analogous

#5B0E2B #5B170E #5B3D0E

triadic

#5B170E #0E5B17 #170E5B

tetradic

#5B170E #2B5B0E #0E525B #3D0E5B

square

#5B170E #2B5B0E #0E525B #3D0E5B

split-complementary

#5B170E #0E5B3D #0E2B5B

monochromatic

#1B0704 #260A06 #5B170E #902416 #C5321E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.34

#5B170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#5B170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B170E

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B170E	1.00	13.34	1.57	13.34
#FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B260C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C350B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#650115

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.101 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90594d',
    500: '#5b170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b170e;
$custom-light: #90594d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.013,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3178,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B170E

secondary

#308995

accent

#DAF038

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B170E

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

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