#5B2215#5B2215

#5B2215 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.087 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2215
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 21)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 76.9%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 25.28, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 33.27, 40.55°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0721 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.087 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0223, 3.4230, 1.1056)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2215 #154E5B

analogous

#5B152B #5B2215 #5B4515

triadic

#5B2215 #155B22 #22155B

tetradic

#5B2215 #2B5B15 #154E5B #45155B

square

#5B2215 #2B5B15 #154E5B #45155B

split-complementary

#5B2215 #155B45 #152B5B

monochromatic

#190906 #290F0A #5B2215 #8D3520 #BE472C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#5B2215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#5B2215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2215

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2215	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)

#312C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64161F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.087 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5f53',
    500: '#5b2215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2215;
$custom-light: #8f5f53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33428,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2215

secondary

#398292

accent

#C7E642

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0D0502

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2215

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

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