#540D1E#540D1E

#540D1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.102 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540D1E
RGB	rgb(84, 13, 30)
HSL	hsl(346, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(346, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 64.3%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.83, 32.91, 9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.83, 34.16, 15.56°)
OKLab	oklab(29.6% 0.0992 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(29.6% 0.102 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.0348, 2.2670, 1.4532)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540D1E #0D5443

analogous

#540D42 #540D1E #54200D

triadic

#540D1E #1E540D #0D1E54

tetradic

#540D1E #42540D #0D5443 #200D54

square

#540D1E #42540D #0D5443 #200D54

split-complementary

#540D1E #0D5420 #0D4254

monochromatic

#1A0409 #1F050B #540D1E #891531 #BE1D44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#540D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540D1E

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540D1E	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21201E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 13, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.102 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895459',
    500: '#540d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540d1e;
$custom-light: #895459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.634,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29598,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540D1E

secondary

#2E8F78

accent

#F0C438

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540D1E

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

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