#5E211F#5E211F

#5E211F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.090 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E211F
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 50%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 67%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 27.72, 15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 31.93, 29.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.98% 0.0815 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(33.98% 0.09 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4078, 3.5670, 1.6998)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E211F #1F5C5E

analogous

#5E1F3D #5E211F #5E411F

triadic

#5E211F #1F5E21 #211F5E

tetradic

#5E211F #3D5E1F #1F5C5E #411F5E

square

#5E211F #3D5E1F #1F5C5E #411F5E

split-complementary

#5E211F #1F5E41 #1F3D5E

monochromatic

#170808 #301110 #5E211F #8C312E #BA413D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#5E211F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5E211F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E211F

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E211F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E211F	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671521

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e211f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.090 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905f5a',
    500: '#5e211f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e211f;
$custom-light: #905f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e211f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.905,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33981,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E211F

secondary

#469093

accent

#D5DA4E

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E211F

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

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