#540E1E#540E1E

#540E1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.101 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E1E
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 30)
HSL	hsl(346, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(346, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 64.3%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.96, 32.56, 9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.96, 33.87, 16.00°)
OKLab	oklab(29.69% 0.0981 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(29.69% 0.101 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0479, 2.2932, 1.4575)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E1E #0E5444

analogous

#540E41 #540E1E #54210E

triadic

#540E1E #1E540E #0E1E54

tetradic

#540E1E #41540E #0E5444 #210E54

square

#540E1E #41540E #0E5444 #210E54

split-complementary

#540E1E #0E5421 #0E4154

monochromatic

#1A0409 #20050B #540E1E #881731 #BD1F43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#540E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#540E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E1E

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E1E	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21211E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.101 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895459',
    500: '#540e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e1e;
$custom-light: #895459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29691,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E1E

secondary

#2F8E79

accent

#EEC53A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E1E

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

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