#5B2214#5B2214

#5B2214 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.088 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2214
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 20)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 78%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.65, 25.22, 22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.65, 33.63, 41.40°)
OKLab	oklab(33.41% 0.0717 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(33.41% 0.088 35)
XYZ	xyz(5.0132, 3.4194, 1.0577)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2214 #144D5B

analogous

#5B142A #5B2214 #5B4614

triadic

#5B2214 #145B22 #22145B

tetradic

#5B2214 #2A5B14 #144D5B #46145B

square

#5B2214 #2A5B14 #144D5B #46145B

split-complementary

#5B2214 #145B46 #142A5B

monochromatic

#190906 #290F09 #5B2214 #8D351F #BF472A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#5B2214 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#5B2214 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2214

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2214	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2214	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403912

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#65151F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2214;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.088 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f52',
    500: '#5b2214',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2214;
$custom-light: #8f5f52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2214",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.831,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33413,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.03419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2214

secondary

#388193

accent

#C6E741

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0502

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2214

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

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