#5E1820#5E1820

#5E1820 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.101 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1820
RGB	rgb(94, 24, 32)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 66%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.59, 32.15, 13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.59, 34.73, 22.19°)
OKLab	oklab(32.79% 0.0958 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(32.79% 0.101 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2040, 3.1380, 1.6979)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1820 #185E56

analogous

#5E1843 #5E1820 #5E3318

triadic

#5E1820 #205E18 #18205E

tetradic

#5E1820 #435E18 #185E56 #33185E

square

#5E1820 #435E18 #185E56 #33185E

split-complementary

#5E1820 #185E33 #18435E

monochromatic

#180608 #2D0C0F #5E1820 #8F2431 #C03141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#5E1820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#5E1820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1820

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1820	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C371E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68061B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 24, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.101 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915a5b',
    500: '#5e1820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1820;
$custom-light: #915a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32792,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1820

secondary

#3D948B

accent

#E3D145

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0404

muted

#7E7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1820

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

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