#5E211B#5E211B

#5E211B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.091 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E211B
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.11, 27.43, 18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.11, 33.05, 33.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.91% 0.0798 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(33.91% 0.091 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3583, 3.5472, 1.4392)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E211B #1B585E

analogous

#5E1B36 #5E211B #5E421B

triadic

#5E211B #1B5E21 #211B5E

tetradic

#5E211B #365E1B #1B585E #421B5E

square

#5E211B #365E1B #1B585E #421B5E

split-complementary

#5E211B #1B5E42 #1B365E

monochromatic

#180807 #2E100D #5E211B #8E3229 #BD4236

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#5E211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5E211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E211B

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E211B	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681420

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.091 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915f57',
    500: '#5e211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e211b;
$custom-light: #915f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.373,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33905,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E211B

secondary

#418C94

accent

#D1DF49

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0E0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E211B

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

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