#5E1522#5E1522

#5E1522 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.104 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1522
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 34)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 63.8%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.17, 33.57, 11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.17, 35.38, 18.41°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% 0.1007 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.104 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1735, 3.0322, 1.8259)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1522 #155E51

analogous

#5E1546 #5E1522 #5E2C15

triadic

#5E1522 #225E15 #15225E

tetradic

#5E1522 #465E15 #155E51 #2C155E

square

#5E1522 #465E15 #155E51 #2C155E

split-complementary

#5E1522 #155E2C #15465E

monochromatic

#190609 #2C0A10 #5E1522 #902034 #C22B46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.07

#5E1522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#5E1522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1522

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1522	1.00	13.07	1.61	13.07
#FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68021A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.104 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91595c',
    500: '#5e1522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1522;
$custom-light: #91595c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.315,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32497,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1522

secondary

#399585

accent

#E7C941

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0404

muted

#7E7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1522

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

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