#5E1212#5E1212

#5E1212 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.109 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1212
RGB	rgb(94, 18, 18)
HSL	hsl(0, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(0, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.46, 33.77, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.46, 39.88, 32.12°)
OKLab	oklab(31.87% 0.0976 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(31.87% 0.109 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9422, 2.8567, 0.8633)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1212 #125E5E

analogous

#5E1238 #5E1212 #5E3812

triadic

#5E1212 #125E12 #12125E

tetradic

#5E1212 #385E12 #125E5E #38125E

square

#5E1212 #385E12 #125E5E #38125E

split-complementary

#5E1212 #125E38 #12385E

monochromatic

#1A0505 #2B0808 #5E1212 #911C1C #C52626

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#5E1212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#5E1212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1212

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1212	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C350F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680013

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 18, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.109 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#935750',
    500: '#5e1212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1212;
$custom-light: #935750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31874,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1212

secondary

#359696

accent

#EBEB3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0302

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1212

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

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