#5B2111#5B2111

#5B2111 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.090 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2111
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 17)
HSL	hsl(13, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(13, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 81.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.41, 25.61, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.41, 34.97, 42.90°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% 0.0723 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.09 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9599, 3.3530, 0.9162)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2111 #114B5B

analogous

#5B1126 #5B2111 #5B4611

triadic

#5B2111 #115B21 #21115B

tetradic

#5B2111 #265B11 #114B5B #46115B

square

#5B2111 #265B11 #114B5B #46115B

split-complementary

#5B2111 #115B46 #11265B

monochromatic

#1A0905 #270E07 #5B2111 #8F341B #C24624

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#5B2111 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#5B2111 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2111

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2111	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2111	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65141E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2111;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.090 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f50',
    500: '#5b2111',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2111;
$custom-light: #8f5f50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2111",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.973,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33216,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2111

secondary

#347F94

accent

#C6EB3C

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2111

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

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