#540D19#540D19

#540D19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.102 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540D19
RGB	rgb(84, 13, 25)
HSL	hsl(350, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(350, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 70.2%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.72, 32.55, 12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.72, 34.91, 21.18°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% 0.097 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.102 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9760, 2.2435, 1.1432)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540D19 #0D5448

analogous

#540D3D #540D19 #54250D

triadic

#540D19 #19540D #0D1954

tetradic

#540D19 #3D540D #0D5448 #250D54

square

#540D19 #3D540D #0D5448 #250D54

split-complementary

#540D19 #0D5425 #0D3D54

monochromatic

#1A0408 #1F0509 #540D19 #891529 #BE1D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#540D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540D19

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540D19	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 13, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.102 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5455',
    500: '#540d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540d19;
$custom-light: #8a5455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.859,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29477,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540D19

secondary

#2E8F7E

accent

#F0D138

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540D19

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

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