#540E1A#540E1A

#540E1A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.101 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E1A
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 26)
HSL	hsl(350, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(350, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 69%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.86, 32.26, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.86, 34.45, 20.54°)
OKLab	oklab(29.59% 0.0963 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(29.59% 0.101 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0001, 2.2741, 1.2054)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E1A #0E5448

analogous

#540E3D #540E1A #54250E

triadic

#540E1A #1A540E #0E1A54

tetradic

#540E1A #3D540E #0E5448 #250E54

square

#540E1A #3D540E #0E5448 #250E54

split-complementary

#540E1A #0E5425 #0E3D54

monochromatic

#1A0408 #20050A #540E1A #88172A #BD1F3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#540E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#540E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E1A

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E1A	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)

#22201A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.101 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5456',
    500: '#540e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e1a;
$custom-light: #8a5456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29593,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E1A

secondary

#2F8E7E

accent

#EECF3A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E8

border

#CBC5C4

text

#0D0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E1A

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

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