#541B1E#541B1E

#541B1E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.085 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#541B1E
RGB	rgb(84, 27, 30)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 64.3%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.07, 26.77, 12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.07, 29.39, 24.40°)
OKLab	oklab(31.26% 0.0796 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(31.26% 0.085 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2828, 2.7630, 1.5358)
Luminance	0.0276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#541B1E #1B5451

analogous

#541B3B #541B1E #54351B

triadic

#541B1E #1E541B #1B1E54

tetradic

#541B1E #3B541B #1B5451 #351B54

square

#541B1E #3B541B #1B5451 #351B54

split-complementary

#541B1E #1B5435 #1B3B54

monochromatic

#170708 #260C0D #541B1E #822A2F #B1393F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.53

#541B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#541B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #541B1E

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##541B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##541B1E	1.00	13.53	1.55	13.53
#FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29271E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38331D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C101C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #541b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(84, 27, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.085 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885a59',
    500: '#541b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #541b1e;
$custom-light: #885a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#541b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 84,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31265,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#541B1E

secondary

#418A86

accent

#DBD34D

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#F0E9E9

border

#CBC5C5

text

#0C0403

muted

#7D7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #541B1E

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

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