#5B2116#5B2116

#5B2116 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.088 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2116
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 22)
HSL	hsl(10, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(10, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.47, 25.88, 20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.47, 33.19, 38.75°)
OKLab	oklab(33.29% 0.0742 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(33.29% 0.088 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0036, 3.3705, 1.1460)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2116 #16505B

analogous

#5B162E #5B2116 #5B4416

triadic

#5B2116 #165B21 #21165B

tetradic

#5B2116 #2E5B16 #16505B #44165B

square

#5B2116 #2E5B16 #16505B #44165B

split-complementary

#5B2116 #165B44 #162E5B

monochromatic

#190906 #2A0F0A #5B2116 #8C3322 #BE452E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.54

#5B2116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#5B2116 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2116

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2116	1.00	12.54	1.67	12.54
#FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.088 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f53',
    500: '#5b2116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2116;
$custom-light: #8f5f53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.565,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33286,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2116

secondary

#3B8492

accent

#CBE444

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2116

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

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