#540E15#540E15

#540E15 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.101 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E15
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 21)
HSL	hsl(354, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(354, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 75%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.77, 31.94, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.77, 35.51, 25.90°)
OKLab	oklab(29.49% 0.094 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(29.49% 0.101 21)
XYZ	xyz(3.9490, 2.2536, 0.9364)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E15 #0E544D

analogous

#540E38 #540E15 #542A0E

triadic

#540E15 #15540E #0E1554

tetradic

#540E15 #38540E #0E544D #2A0E54

square

#540E15 #38540E #0E544D #2A0E54

split-complementary

#540E15 #0E542A #0E3854

monochromatic

#1A0407 #200508 #540E15 #881722 #BD1F2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.48

#540E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E15

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E15	1.00	14.48	1.45	14.48
#FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.101 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5452',
    500: '#540e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e15;
$custom-light: #8a5452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29488,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.02253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E15

secondary

#2F8E85

accent

#EEDC3A

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E15

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

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