#540E0D#540E0D

#540E0D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.102 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E0D
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 13)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(1, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 84.5%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.64, 31.55, 20.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.64, 37.37, 32.41°)
OKLab	oklab(29.36% 0.0908 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(29.36% 0.102 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8863, 2.2286, 0.6062)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E0D #0D5354

analogous

#540D30 #540E0D #54320D

triadic

#540E0D #0D540E #0E0D54

tetradic

#540E0D #30540D #0D5354 #320D54

square

#540E0D #30540D #0D5354 #320D54

split-complementary

#540E0D #0D5432 #0D3054

monochromatic

#1A0404 #1F0505 #540E0D #891715 #BE201D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.53

#540E0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E0D

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E0D	1.00	14.53	1.45	14.53
#FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#241F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.102 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b544c',
    500: '#540e0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e0d;
$custom-light: #8b544c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29359,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E0D

secondary

#2E8D8F

accent

#EDF038

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E0D

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

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