#5C242A#5C242A

#5C242A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.082 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C242A
RGB	rgb(92, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(354, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(354, 61%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 54.3%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 26.27, 8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 27.76, 18.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0791 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.082 16)
XYZ	xyz(5.4628, 3.7049, 2.6175)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C242A #245C56

analogous

#5C2446 #5C242A #5C3A24

triadic

#5C242A #2A5C24 #242A5C

tetradic

#5C242A #465C24 #245C56 #3A245C

square

#5C242A #465C24 #245C56 #3A245C

split-complementary

#5C242A #245C3A #24465C

monochromatic

#16090A #301316 #5C242A #88353E #B44652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#5C242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5C242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C242A

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C242A	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#651C26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.082 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6163',
    500: '#5c242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c242a;
$custom-light: #8e6163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34354,
    "c": 0.08226,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.03704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C242A

secondary

#4C9088

accent

#D3C654

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7E7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C242A

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

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