#5E1B11#5E1B11

#5E1B11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.100 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1B11
RGB	rgb(94, 27, 17)
HSL	hsl(8, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.85, 29.89, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.85, 37.93, 38.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.91% 0.0852 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(32.91% 0.1 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1098, 3.2048, 0.8797)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1B11 #11545E

analogous

#5E112E #5E1B11 #5E4211

triadic

#5E1B11 #115E1B #1B115E

tetradic

#5E1B11 #2E5E11 #11545E #42115E

square

#5E1B11 #2E5E11 #11545E #42115E

split-complementary

#5E1B11 #115E42 #112E5E

monochromatic

#1A0705 #2A0C08 #5E1B11 #922A1A #C63924

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#5E1B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#5E1B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1B11

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1B11	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E290F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#680719

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 27, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.100 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925b4f',
    500: '#5e1b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1b11;
$custom-light: #925b4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.792,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32905,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1B11

secondary

#348A97

accent

#D5EC3C

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1B11

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

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