#540E12#540E12

#540E12 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.101 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E12
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 18)
HSL	hsl(357, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(357, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 78.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.71, 31.78, 17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.71, 36.23, 28.70°)
OKLab	oklab(29.43% 0.0928 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(29.43% 0.101 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9228, 2.2432, 0.7986)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E12 #0E5450

analogous

#540E35 #540E12 #542D0E

triadic

#540E12 #12540E #0E1254

tetradic

#540E12 #35540E #0E5450 #2D0E54

square

#540E12 #35540E #0E5450 #2D0E54

split-complementary

#540E12 #0E542D #0E3554

monochromatic

#1A0406 #200507 #540E12 #88171D #BD1F28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#540E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E12

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E12	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)

#232011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.101 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a544f',
    500: '#540e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e12;
$custom-light: #8a544f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29434,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E12

secondary

#2F8E89

accent

#EEE43A

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E12

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

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