#5E1C11#5E1C11

#5E1C11 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.099 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1C11
RGB	rgb(94, 28, 17)
HSL	hsl(9, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 81.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.02, 29.41, 23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.02, 37.68, 38.69°)
OKLab	oklab(33.04% 0.0837 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(33.04% 0.099 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1331, 3.2514, 0.8875)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1C11 #11535E

analogous

#5E112D #5E1C11 #5E4311

triadic

#5E1C11 #115E1C #1C115E

tetradic

#5E1C11 #2D5E11 #11535E #43115E

square

#5E1C11 #2D5E11 #11535E #43115E

split-complementary

#5E1C11 #115E43 #112D5E

monochromatic

#1A0805 #2A0D08 #5E1C11 #922B1A #C63B24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#5E1C11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#5E1C11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1C11

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1C11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1C11	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F290F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68091A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1c11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 28, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.099 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#925c4f',
    500: '#5e1c11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1c11;
$custom-light: #925c4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1c11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33039,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1C11

secondary

#348997

accent

#D3EC3C

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0402

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1C11

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

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