#5E151B#5E151B

#5E151B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.105 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E151B
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 27)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.03, 33.08, 15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.03, 36.69, 25.61°)
OKLab	oklab(32.34% 0.0976 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(32.34% 0.105 21)
XYZ	xyz(5.0826, 2.9959, 1.3473)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E151B #155E58

analogous

#5E1540 #5E151B #5E3315

triadic

#5E151B #1B5E15 #151B5E

tetradic

#5E151B #405E15 #155E58 #33155E

square

#5E151B #405E15 #155E58 #33155E

split-complementary

#5E151B #155E33 #15405E

monochromatic

#190607 #2C0A0D #5E151B #902029 #C22B38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#5E151B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#5E151B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E151B

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E151B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E151B	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A261B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e151b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.105 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925957',
    500: '#5e151b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e151b;
$custom-light: #925957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e151b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.068,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32342,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.02995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E151B

secondary

#39958E

accent

#E7D941

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E151B

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

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