#5F281B#5F281B

#5F281B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.084 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F281B
RGB	rgb(95, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 71.6%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 24.01, 20.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 31.55, 40.43°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.069 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.084 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6765, 4.0303, 1.5157)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F281B #1B525F

analogous

#5F1B30 #5F281B #5F4A1B

triadic

#5F281B #1B5F28 #281B5F

tetradic

#5F281B #305F1B #1B525F #4A1B5F

square

#5F281B #305F1B #1B525F #4A1B5F

split-complementary

#5F281B #1B5F4A #1B305F

monochromatic

#180A07 #2F140D #5F281B #8F3C29 #BE5036

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#5F281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5F281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F281B

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F281B	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443D1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#691D25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.084 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916457',
    500: '#5f281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f281b;
$custom-light: #916457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.471,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35195,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F281B

secondary

#418595

accent

#C2DF49

background

#F9F6F5

surface

#F2EBE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F281B

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

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