#5E121B#5E121B

#5E121B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.108 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E121B
RGB	rgb(94, 18, 27)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.61, 34.25, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.61, 37.53, 24.11°)
OKLab	oklab(32.03% 0.1014 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(32.03% 0.108 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0308, 2.8922, 1.3300)
Luminance	0.0289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E121B #125E55

analogous

#5E1241 #5E121B #5E2F12

triadic

#5E121B #1B5E12 #121B5E

tetradic

#5E121B #415E12 #125E55 #2F125E

square

#5E121B #415E12 #125E55 #2F125E

split-complementary

#5E121B #125E2F #12415E

monochromatic

#1A0507 #2B080C #5E121B #911C2A #C52639

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.31

#5E121B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#5E121B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E121B

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E121B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E121B	1.00	13.31	1.58	13.31
#FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28251B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e121b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 18, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.108 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925757',
    500: '#5e121b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e121b;
$custom-light: #925757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e121b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.895,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32029,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E121B

secondary

#35968B

accent

#EBD63D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0303

muted

#7E7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E121B

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

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