#540E0E#540E0E

#540E0E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.102 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E0E
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 14)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(0, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 83.3%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.66, 31.59, 19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.66, 37.15, 31.75°)
OKLab	oklab(29.37% 0.0911 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(29.37% 0.102 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8929, 2.2312, 0.6411)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E0E #0E5454

analogous

#540E31 #540E0E #54310E

triadic

#540E0E #0E540E #0E0E54

tetradic

#540E0E #31540E #0E5454 #310E54

square

#540E0E #31540E #0E5454 #310E54

split-complementary

#540E0E #0E5431 #0E3154

monochromatic

#1A0404 #200505 #540E0E #881717 #BD1F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#540E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E0E

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E0E	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)

#241F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.102 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b544d',
    500: '#540e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e0e;
$custom-light: #8b544d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29372,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E0E

secondary

#2F8E8E

accent

#EEEE3A

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E0E

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

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