#540E17#540E17

#540E17 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.101 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E17
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 23)
HSL	hsl(352, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(352, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 72.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.80, 32.06, 14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.80, 35.05, 23.81°)
OKLab	oklab(29.53% 0.0949 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(29.53% 0.101 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9683, 2.2614, 1.0380)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E17 #0E544B

analogous

#540E3A #540E17 #54280E

triadic

#540E17 #17540E #0E1754

tetradic

#540E17 #3A540E #0E544B #280E54

square

#540E17 #3A540E #0E544B #280E54

split-complementary

#540E17 #0E5428 #0E3A54

monochromatic

#1A0407 #200509 #540E17 #881725 #BD1F34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.46

#540E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E17

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E17	1.00	14.46	1.45	14.46
#FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.101 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5453',
    500: '#540e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e17;
$custom-light: #8a5453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29528,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E17

secondary

#2F8E82

accent

#EED73A

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E17

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

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