#540E18#540E18

#540E18 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.101 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E18
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 24)
HSL	hsl(351, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(351, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 71.4%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.82, 32.13, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.82, 34.84, 22.73°)
OKLab	oklab(29.55% 0.0954 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(29.55% 0.101 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9785, 2.2654, 1.0918)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E18 #0E544A

analogous

#540E3B #540E18 #54270E

triadic

#540E18 #18540E #0E1854

tetradic

#540E18 #3B540E #0E544A #270E54

square

#540E18 #3B540E #0E544A #270E54

split-complementary

#540E18 #0E5427 #0E3B54

monochromatic

#1A0407 #200509 #540E18 #881727 #BD1F36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#540E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E18

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E18	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.101 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5454',
    500: '#540e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e18;
$custom-light: #8a5454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29549,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E18

secondary

#2F8E81

accent

#EED43A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E18

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

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