#5B201C#5B201C

#5B201C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.088 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B201C
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 69.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.36, 26.81, 16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.36, 31.59, 31.94°)
OKLab	oklab(33.24% 0.0784 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(33.24% 0.088 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0410, 3.3417, 1.4779)
Luminance	0.0334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B201C #1C575B

analogous

#5B1C37 #5B201C #5B3F1C

triadic

#5B201C #1C5B20 #201C5B

tetradic

#5B201C #375B1C #1C575B #3F1C5B

square

#5B201C #375B1C #1C575B #3F1C5B

split-complementary

#5B201C #1C5B3F #1C375B

monochromatic

#170807 #2C100E #5B201C #8A302A #B94139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.59

#5B201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#5B201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B201C

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B201C	1.00	12.59	1.67	12.59
#FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E381A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.088 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5e58',
    500: '#5b201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b201c;
$custom-light: #8e5e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.81,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33236,
    "c": 0.08783,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B201C

secondary

#428B90

accent

#D3DC4B

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B201C

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

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