#540F16#540F16

#540F16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.100 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#540F16
RGB	rgb(84, 15, 22)
HSL	hsl(354, 70%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(354, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 73.8%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.92, 31.63, 15.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.92, 35.01, 25.37°)
OKLab	oklab(29.61% 0.0933 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(29.61% 0.1 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.9722, 2.2850, 0.9908)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#540F16 #0F544D

analogous

#540F39 #540F16 #542B0F

triadic

#540F16 #16540F #0F1654

tetradic

#540F16 #39540F #0F544D #2B0F54

square

#540F16 #39540F #0F544D #2B0F54

split-complementary

#540F16 #0F542B #0F3954

monochromatic

#1A0507 #200608 #540F16 #881824 #BC2231

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.42

#540F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#540F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #540F16

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##540F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##540F16	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)

#232016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D0012

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #540f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 15, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.100 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a5452',
    500: '#540f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #540f16;
$custom-light: #8a5452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#540f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29606,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#540F16

secondary

#318E85

accent

#EDDB3B

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F1E9E7

border

#CBC5C3

text

#0D0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #540F16

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

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