#5B232B#5B232B

#5B232B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.082 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B232B
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(351, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(351, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 52.7%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 26.53, 7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 27.63, 16.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0801 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.082 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3519, 3.6012, 2.6983)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B232B #235B53

analogous

#5B2347 #5B232B #5B3723

triadic

#5B232B #2B5B23 #232B5B

tetradic

#5B232B #475B23 #235B53 #37235B

square

#5B232B #475B23 #235B53 #37235B

split-complementary

#5B232B #235B37 #23475B

monochromatic

#16090A #2F1216 #5B232B #873440 #B34555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#5B232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B232B

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B232B	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631B26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.082 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6064',
    500: '#5b232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b232b;
$custom-light: #8d6064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34053,
    "c": 0.08249,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B232B

secondary

#4B8F85

accent

#D4C254

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0EAEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7D7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B232B

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

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