#540E1C#540E1C

#540E1C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.101 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E1C
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 28)
HSL	hsl(348, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(348, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 66.7%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.91, 32.41, 10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.91, 34.13, 18.29°)
OKLab	oklab(29.64% 0.0972 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(29.64% 0.101 15)
XYZ	xyz(4.0232, 2.2833, 1.3273)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E1C #0E5446

analogous

#540E3F #540E1C #54230E

triadic

#540E1C #1C540E #0E1C54

tetradic

#540E1C #3F540E #0E5446 #230E54

square

#540E1C #3F540E #0E5446 #230E54

split-complementary

#540E1C #0E5423 #0E3F54

monochromatic

#1A0409 #20050B #540E1C #88172D #BD1F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#540E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#540E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E1C

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E1C	1.00	14.42	1.46	14.42
#FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#22201C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.101 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895457',
    500: '#540e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e1c;
$custom-light: #895457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29641,
    "c": 0.10063,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.02283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E1C

secondary

#2F8E7B

accent

#EECA3A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E1C

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

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