#540D12#540D12

#540D12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.102 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540D12
RGB	rgb(84, 13, 18)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(356, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 78.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.59, 32.14, 17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.59, 36.47, 28.21°)
OKLab	oklab(29.34% 0.0939 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(29.34% 0.102 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9097, 2.2170, 0.7942)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540D12 #0D544F

analogous

#540D36 #540D12 #542C0D

triadic

#540D12 #12540D #0D1254

tetradic

#540D12 #36540D #0D544F #2C0D54

square

#540D12 #36540D #0D544F #2C0D54

split-complementary

#540D12 #0D542C #0D3654

monochromatic

#1A0406 #1F0507 #540D12 #89151D #BE1D29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.55

#540D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#540D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540D12

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540D12	1.00	14.55	1.44	14.55
#FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 13, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.102 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a534f',
    500: '#540d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540d12;
$custom-light: #8a534f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.775,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29339,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540D12

secondary

#2E8F88

accent

#F0E338

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E8E7

border

#CBC4C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540D12

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

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