#5C171C#5C171C

#5C171C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.100 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C171C
RGB	rgb(92, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 69.6%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 31.58, 14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 34.95, 25.35°)
OKLab	oklab(32.2% 0.0934 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(32.2% 0.1 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9301, 2.9727, 1.4126)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C171C #175C57

analogous

#5C173F #5C171C #5C3417

triadic

#5C171C #1C5C17 #171C5C

tetradic

#5C171C #3F5C17 #175C57 #34175C

square

#5C171C #3F5C17 #175C57 #34175C

split-complementary

#5C171C #175C34 #173F5C

monochromatic

#180607 #2B0B0D #5C171C #8D232B #BE2F3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#5C171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#5C171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C171C

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C171C	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A271C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B361A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#660419

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.100 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905958',
    500: '#5c171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c171c;
$custom-light: #905958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.652,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32201,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C171C

secondary

#3C938D

accent

#E3D845

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0D0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C171C

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

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