#5B2210#5B2210

#5B2210 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.089 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2210
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 16)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 82.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.60, 25.02, 24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.60, 35.08, 44.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.0703 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.089 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9805, 3.4063, 0.8853)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2210 #10495B

analogous

#5B1023 #5B2210 #5B4710

triadic

#5B2210 #105B22 #22105B

tetradic

#5B2210 #235B10 #10495B #47105B

square

#5B2210 #235B10 #10495B #47105B

split-complementary

#5B2210 #105B47 #10235B

monochromatic

#1A0A05 #270F07 #5B2210 #8F3519 #C34922

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#5B2210 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#5B2210 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2210

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2210	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2210	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40390E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65151E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2210;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.089 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f4f',
    500: '#5b2210',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2210;
$custom-light: #8f5f4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2210",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33361,
    "c": 0.0888,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2210

secondary

#337D94

accent

#C2ED3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0502

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2210

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

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