#5B232E#5B232E

#5B232E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.083 H 10.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B232E
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(348, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(348, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 49.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 26.86, 5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 27.47, 12.16°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0814 0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.083 10.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4089, 3.6241, 2.9989)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B232E #235B50

analogous

#5B234A #5B232E #5B3423

triadic

#5B232E #2E5B23 #232E5B

tetradic

#5B232E #4A5B23 #235B50 #34235B

square

#5B232E #4A5B23 #235B50 #34235B

split-complementary

#5B232E #235B34 #234A5B

monochromatic

#16090B #2F1218 #5B232E #873444 #B3455B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#5B232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B232E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B232E	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.083 10.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6066',
    500: '#5b232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b232e;
$custom-light: #8d6066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.214,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3414,
    "c": 0.08281,
    "h": 10.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B232E

secondary

#4B8F81

accent

#D4BB54

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0506

muted

#7D797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B232E

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

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