#5D231E#5D231E

#5D231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.086 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D231E
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 51%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 67.7%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 26.17, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 31.06, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.0766 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.086 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3501, 3.6236, 1.6457)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D231E #1E585D

analogous

#5D1E39 #5D231E #5D431E

triadic

#5D231E #1E5D23 #231E5D

tetradic

#5D231E #395D1E #1E585D #431E5D

square

#5D231E #395D1E #1E585D #431E5D

split-complementary

#5D231E #1E5D43 #1E395D

monochromatic

#170907 #2F120F #5D231E #8B342D #BA463C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#5D231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5D231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D231E

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D231E	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)

#322E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#661822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.086 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6059',
    500: '#5d231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d231e;
$custom-light: #8f6059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34091,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D231E

secondary

#458C92

accent

#CFDB4D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D231E

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

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