#540E0F#540E0F

#540E0F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.101 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E0F
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 15)
HSL	hsl(359, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(359, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 82.1%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.67, 31.63, 19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.67, 36.93, 31.05°)
OKLab	oklab(29.39% 0.0915 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(29.39% 0.101 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8999, 2.2340, 0.6777)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E0F #0E5453

analogous

#540E32 #540E0F #54300E

triadic

#540E0F #0F540E #0E0F54

tetradic

#540E0F #32540E #0E5453 #300E54

square

#540E0F #32540E #0E5453 #300E54

split-complementary

#540E0F #0E5430 #0E3254

monochromatic

#1A0405 #200506 #540E0F #881718 #BD1F22

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#540E0F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E0F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E0F

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E0F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E0F	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)

#23200E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e0f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.101 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b544d',
    500: '#540e0f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e0f;
$custom-light: #8b544d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e0f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29387,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E0F

secondary

#2F8E8D

accent

#EEEC3A

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E0F

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

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