#540E19#540E19

#540E19 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.101 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E19
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 25)
HSL	hsl(351, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(351, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 70.2%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.84, 32.19, 12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.84, 34.64, 21.65°)
OKLab	oklab(29.57% 0.0958 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(29.57% 0.101 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9891, 2.2697, 1.1476)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E19 #0E5449

analogous

#540E3C #540E19 #54260E

triadic

#540E19 #19540E #0E1954

tetradic

#540E19 #3C540E #0E5449 #260E54

square

#540E19 #3C540E #0E5449 #260E54

split-complementary

#540E19 #0E5426 #0E3C54

monochromatic

#1A0408 #200509 #540E19 #881729 #BD1F38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#540E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E19

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E19	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.101 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5455',
    500: '#540e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e19;
$custom-light: #8a5455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29571,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E19

secondary

#2F8E7F

accent

#EED23A

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E19

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

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