#540E11#540E11

#540E11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.101 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E11
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 17)
HSL	hsl(357, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(357, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 79.8%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.70, 31.73, 17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.70, 36.47, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(29.42% 0.0923 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(29.42% 0.101 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9148, 2.2400, 0.7564)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E11 #0E5451

analogous

#540E34 #540E11 #542E0E

triadic

#540E11 #11540E #0E1154

tetradic

#540E11 #34540E #0E5451 #2E0E54

square

#540E11 #34540E #0E5451 #2E0E54

split-complementary

#540E11 #0E542E #0E3454

monochromatic

#1A0405 #200506 #540E11 #88171C #BD1F26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#540E11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E11

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E11	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)

#232010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#352F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.101 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a544f',
    500: '#540e11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e11;
$custom-light: #8a544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29418,
    "c": 0.10112,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E11

secondary

#2F8E8A

accent

#EEE63A

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0301

muted

#7E7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E11

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

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