#5C242E#5C242E

#5C242E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.083 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C242E
RGB	rgb(92, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(349, 44%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 50%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.77, 26.71, 6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.77, 27.45, 13.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0809 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.083 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5380, 3.7349, 3.0135)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C242E #245C52

analogous

#5C244A #5C242E #5C3624

triadic

#5C242E #2E5C24 #242E5C

tetradic

#5C242E #4A5C24 #245C52 #36245C

square

#5C242E #4A5C24 #245C52 #36245C

split-complementary

#5C242E #245C36 #244A5C

monochromatic

#16090B #301318 #5C242E #883544 #B4465A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#5C242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5C242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C242E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C242E	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#641D28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.083 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6166',
    500: '#5c242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c242e;
$custom-light: #8d6166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34466,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C242E

secondary

#4C9084

accent

#D3BD54

background

#F8F5F6

surface

#F0EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0506

muted

#7D797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C242E

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

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