#540D16#540D16

#540D16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.102 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540D16
RGB	rgb(84, 13, 22)
HSL	hsl(352, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 73.8%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.66, 32.36, 14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.66, 35.53, 24.40°)
OKLab	oklab(29.41% 0.0956 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(29.41% 0.102 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9453, 2.2312, 0.9818)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540D16 #0D544B

analogous

#540D3A #540D16 #54280D

triadic

#540D16 #16540D #0D1654

tetradic

#540D16 #3A540D #0D544B #280D54

square

#540D16 #3A540D #0D544B #280D54

split-complementary

#540D16 #0D5428 #0D3A54

monochromatic

#1A0407 #1F0508 #540D16 #891524 #BE1D32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#540D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540D16

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540D16	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 13, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.102 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5352',
    500: '#540d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540d16;
$custom-light: #8a5352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.394,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29413,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540D16

secondary

#2E8F83

accent

#F0D938

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540D16

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

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