#5E170E#5E170E

#5E170E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.104 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E170E
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 14)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(7, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 85.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.14, 31.59, 24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.14, 39.79, 37.46°)
OKLab	oklab(32.37% 0.0898 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(32.37% 0.104 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0023, 3.0249, 0.7359)
Luminance	0.0302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E170E #0E555E

analogous

#5E0E2D #5E170E #5E3F0E

triadic

#5E170E #0E5E17 #170E5E

tetradic

#5E170E #2D5E0E #0E555E #3F0E5E

square

#5E170E #2D5E0E #0E555E #3F0E5E

split-complementary

#5E170E #0E5E3F #0E2D5E

monochromatic

#1B0704 #290A06 #5E170E #932416 #C9311E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.09

#5E170E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#5E170E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E170E

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E170E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E170E	1.00	13.09	1.60	13.09
#FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C270C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E360B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680016

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e170e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.104 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93594d',
    500: '#5e170e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e170e;
$custom-light: #93594d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e170e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.75,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32368,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E170E

secondary

#308C98

accent

#DCF137

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0401

muted

#7E7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E170E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →