#5B221E#5B221E

#5B221E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.085 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B221E
RGB	rgb(91, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 67%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 25.88, 15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 30.39, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.0759 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.085 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1212, 3.4626, 1.6267)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B221E #1E575B

analogous

#5B1E38 #5B221E #5B401E

triadic

#5B221E #1E5B22 #221E5B

tetradic

#5B221E #385B1E #1E575B #401E5B

square

#5B221E #385B1E #1E575B #401E5B

split-complementary

#5B221E #1E5B40 #1E385B

monochromatic

#170908 #2D110F #5B221E #89332D #B7443C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#5B221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#5B221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B221E

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B221E	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F391D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#641721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.085 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5f59',
    500: '#5b221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b221e;
$custom-light: #8e5f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.934,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33583,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B221E

secondary

#458B90

accent

#D1DA4E

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B221E

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

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