#5B261D#5B261D

#5B261D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.080 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B261D
RGB	rgb(91, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 68.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.65, 23.57, 17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.65, 29.44, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.22% 0.0685 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(34.22% 0.08 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2297, 3.6997, 1.6009)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B261D #1D525B

analogous

#5B1D33 #5B261D #5B451D

triadic

#5B261D #1D5B26 #261D5B

tetradic

#5B261D #335B1D #1D525B #451D5B

square

#5B261D #335B1D #1D525B #451D5B

split-complementary

#5B261D #1D5B45 #1D335B

monochromatic

#170A07 #2D130E #5B261D #89392C #B84D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#5B261D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5B261D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B261D

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B261D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B261D	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#641C24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.080 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6259',
    500: '#5b261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b261d;
$custom-light: #8e6259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.71,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34216,
    "c": 0.08025,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B261D

secondary

#448590

accent

#C6DB4D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B261D

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

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