#5E1817#5E1817

#5E1817 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.102 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1817
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 23)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 31.57, 19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 36.87, 31.11°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% 0.0919 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.102 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0979, 3.0956, 1.1395)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1817 #175D5E

analogous

#5E1739 #5E1817 #5E3B17

triadic

#5E1817 #175E18 #18175E

tetradic

#5E1817 #395E17 #175D5E #3B175E

square

#5E1817 #395E17 #175D5E #3B175E

split-complementary

#5E1817 #175E3B #17395E

monochromatic

#190606 #2D0B0B #5E1817 #8F2523 #C0312F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#5E1817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#5E1817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1817

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1817	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C2816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680319

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.102 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925a54',
    500: '#5e1817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1817;
$custom-light: #925a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32615,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1817

secondary

#3C9395

accent

#E2E444

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1817

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

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