#5E171C#5E171C

#5E171C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.102 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E171C
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 28)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 70.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.35, 32.31, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.35, 35.86, 25.73°)
OKLab	oklab(32.59% 0.0954 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(32.59% 0.102 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1326, 3.0771, 1.4221)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E171C #175E59

analogous

#5E173F #5E171C #5E3517

triadic

#5E171C #1C5E17 #171C5E

tetradic

#5E171C #3F5E17 #175E59 #35175E

square

#5E171C #3F5E17 #175E59 #35175E

split-complementary

#5E171C #175E35 #173F5E

monochromatic

#190607 #2D0B0D #5E171C #8F232B #C02F39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#5E171C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#5E171C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E171C

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E171C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E171C	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B271C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C371A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680319

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e171c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.102 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915a58',
    500: '#5e171c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e171c;
$custom-light: #915a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e171c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.775,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32588,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E171C

secondary

#3C958F

accent

#E4D944

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E171C

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

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