#5E2117#5E2117

#5E2117 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.092 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2117
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(8, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(8, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 75.5%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 27.18, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 34.32, 37.63°)
OKLab	oklab(33.84% 0.0781 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(33.84% 0.092 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3151, 3.5300, 1.2119)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2117 #17545E

analogous

#5E1730 #5E2117 #5E4417

triadic

#5E2117 #175E21 #21175E

tetradic

#5E2117 #305E17 #17545E #44175E

square

#5E2117 #305E17 #17545E #44175E

split-complementary

#5E2117 #175E44 #17305E

monochromatic

#190906 #2D100B #5E2117 #8F3223 #C0442F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#5E2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5E2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2117

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2117	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68131F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.092 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915f54',
    500: '#5e2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2117;
$custom-light: #915f54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.451,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33839,
    "c": 0.09165,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2117

secondary

#3C8895

accent

#CDE444

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0502

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2117

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

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