#5B2115#5B2115

#5B2115 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.088 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2115
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 21)
HSL	hsl(10, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(10, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.46, 25.82, 21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.46, 33.53, 39.64°)
OKLab	oklab(33.27% 0.0738 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(33.27% 0.088 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.9941, 3.3667, 1.0962)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2115 #154F5B

analogous

#5B152C #5B2115 #5B4415

triadic

#5B2115 #155B21 #21155B

tetradic

#5B2115 #2C5B15 #154F5B #44155B

square

#5B2115 #2C5B15 #154F5B #44155B

split-complementary

#5B2115 #155B44 #152C5B

monochromatic

#190906 #290F0A #5B2115 #8D3320 #BE452C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#5B2115 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#5B2115 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2115

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2115	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2115	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65141E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2115;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.088 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f52',
    500: '#5b2115',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2115;
$custom-light: #8f5f52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2115",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3327,
    "c": 0.08839,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2115

secondary

#398392

accent

#CAE642

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2115

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

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