#540E1F#540E1F

#540E1F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.101 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540E1F
RGB	rgb(84, 14, 31)
HSL	hsl(345, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(345, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 63.1%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.98, 32.64, 8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.98, 33.76, 14.84°)
OKLab	oklab(29.72% 0.0985 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(29.72% 0.101 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0609, 2.2984, 1.5259)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540E1F #0E5443

analogous

#540E42 #540E1F #54200E

triadic

#540E1F #1F540E #0E1F54

tetradic

#540E1F #42540E #0E5443 #200E54

square

#540E1F #42540E #0E5443 #200E54

split-complementary

#540E1F #0E5420 #0E4254

monochromatic

#1A040A #20050C #540E1F #881732 #BD1F46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#540E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#540E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540E1F

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540E1F	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21211F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0015

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 14, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.101 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89545a',
    500: '#540e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540e1f;
$custom-light: #89545a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29718,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540E1F

secondary

#2F8E77

accent

#EEC23A

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0303

muted

#7D7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540E1F

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

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