#5F231B#5F231B

#5F231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.090 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F231B
RGB	rgb(95, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 71.6%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 26.78, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 32.94, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% 0.0776 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.09 30)
XYZ	xyz(5.5187, 3.7148, 1.4631)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F231B #1B575F

analogous

#5F1B35 #5F231B #5F451B

triadic

#5F231B #1B5F23 #231B5F

tetradic

#5F231B #355F1B #1B575F #451B5F

square

#5F231B #355F1B #1B575F #451B5F

split-complementary

#5F231B #1B5F45 #1B355F

monochromatic

#180907 #2F110D #5F231B #8F3529 #BE4636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#5F231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5F231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F231B

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F231B	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#691621

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.090 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916057',
    500: '#5f231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f231b;
$custom-light: #916057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.059,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34387,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.03714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F231B

secondary

#418B95

accent

#CDDF49

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0E0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F231B

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

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