#5D281B#5D281B

#5D281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.081 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D281B
RGB	rgb(93, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 71%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 23.14, 19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 30.56, 40.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.86% 0.0665 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(34.86% 0.081 35)
XYZ	xyz(5.4713, 3.9245, 1.5061)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D281B #1B505D

analogous

#5D1B2F #5D281B #5D491B

triadic

#5D281B #1B5D28 #281B5D

tetradic

#5D281B #2F5D1B #1B505D #491B5D

square

#5D281B #2F5D1B #1B505D #491B5D

split-complementary

#5D281B #1B5D49 #1B2F5D

monochromatic

#180A07 #2E140D #5D281B #8C3C29 #BC5137

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#5D281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5D281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D281B

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D281B	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#661E25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.081 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6357',
    500: '#5d281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d281b;
$custom-light: #8f6357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34858,
    "c": 0.08121,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.03924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D281B

secondary

#418393

accent

#C1DE49

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F1EBE9

border

#CBC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D281B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →