#5B232F#5B232F

#5B232F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.083 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B232F
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(347, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(347, 62%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 48.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 26.97, 5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 27.46, 10.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.17% 0.0819 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(34.17% 0.083 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4289, 3.6321, 3.1039)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B232F #235B4F

analogous

#5B234B #5B232F #5B3323

triadic

#5B232F #2F5B23 #232F5B

tetradic

#5B232F #4B5B23 #235B4F #33235B

square

#5B232F #4B5B23 #235B4F #33235B

split-complementary

#5B232F #235B33 #234B5B

monochromatic

#16090B #2F1218 #5B232F #873446 #B3455D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#5B232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5B232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B232F

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B232F	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E2F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#631C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.083 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6067',
    500: '#5b232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b232f;
$custom-light: #8c6067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3417,
    "c": 0.08297,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B232F

secondary

#4B8F80

accent

#D4B954

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0C0506

muted

#7D797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B232F

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

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