#5E201B#5E201B

#5E201B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.092 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E201B
RGB	rgb(94, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 27.96, 18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 33.35, 33.05°)
OKLab	oklab(33.76% 0.0814 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(33.76% 0.092 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3310, 3.4926, 1.4301)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E201B #1B595E

analogous

#5E1B37 #5E201B #5E411B

triadic

#5E201B #1B5E20 #201B5E

tetradic

#5E201B #375E1B #1B595E #411B5E

square

#5E201B #375E1B #1B595E #411B5E

split-complementary

#5E201B #1B5E41 #1B375E

monochromatic

#180807 #2E100D #5E201B #8E3029 #BD4036

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#5E201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#5E201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E201B

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E201B	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68131F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.092 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915f57',
    500: '#5e201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e201b;
$custom-light: #915f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.478,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33757,
    "c": 0.09187,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E201B

secondary

#418D94

accent

#D4DF49

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E201B

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

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