#540E16#540E16

#540E16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.101 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E16
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 22)
HSL	hsl(353, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(353, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 73.8%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.78, 32.00, 14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.78, 35.27, 24.87°)
OKLab	oklab(29.51% 0.0945 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(29.51% 0.101 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.9585, 2.2574, 0.9862)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E16 #0E544C

analogous

#540E39 #540E16 #54290E

triadic

#540E16 #16540E #0E1654

tetradic

#540E16 #39540E #0E544C #290E54

square

#540E16 #39540E #0E544C #290E54

split-complementary

#540E16 #0E5429 #0E3954

monochromatic

#1A0407 #200508 #540E16 #881724 #BD1F31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#540E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E16

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E16	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.101 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5452',
    500: '#540e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e16;
$custom-light: #8a5452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29508,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E16

secondary

#2F8E84

accent

#EEDA3A

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E16

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

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