#5E171E#5E171E

#5E171E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.102 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E171E
RGB	rgb(94, 23, 30)
HSL	hsl(354, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.39, 32.44, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.39, 35.43, 23.70°)
OKLab	oklab(32.63% 0.0963 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(32.63% 0.102 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1574, 3.0870, 1.5523)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E171E #175E57

analogous

#5E1741 #5E171E #5E3417

triadic

#5E171E #1E5E17 #171E5E

tetradic

#5E171E #415E17 #175E57 #34175E

square

#5E171E #415E17 #175E57 #34175E

split-complementary

#5E171E #175E34 #17415E

monochromatic

#190608 #2D0B0E #5E171E #8F232E #C02F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.99

#5E171E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#5E171E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E171E

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E171E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E171E	1.00	12.99	1.62	12.99
#FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A281E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C371C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68041A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e171e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 23, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.102 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915a59',
    500: '#5e171e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e171e;
$custom-light: #915a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e171e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.085,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3263,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E171E

secondary

#3C958C

accent

#E4D444

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0403

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E171E

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

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