#5E171B#5E171B

#5E171B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.102 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E171B
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.33, 32.24, 16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.33, 36.10, 26.73°)
OKLab	oklab(32.57% 0.095 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(32.57% 0.102 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1209, 3.0724, 1.3601)
Luminance	0.0307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E171B #175E5A

analogous

#5E173E #5E171B #5E3617

triadic

#5E171B #1B5E17 #171B5E

tetradic

#5E171B #3E5E17 #175E5A #36175E

square

#5E171B #3E5E17 #175E5A #36175E

split-complementary

#5E171B #175E36 #173E5E

monochromatic

#190607 #2D0B0D #5E171B #8F2329 #C02F37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.01

#5E171B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#5E171B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E171B

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E171B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E171B	1.00	13.01	1.61	13.01
#FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B271B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680319

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e171b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.102 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915a57',
    500: '#5e171b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e171b;
$custom-light: #915a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e171b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.62,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32568,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E171B

secondary

#3C9590

accent

#E4DB44

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E171B

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

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