#5E2212#5E2212

#5E2212 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.092 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2212
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 18)
HSL	hsl(13, 68%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(13, 81%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 80.9%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 26.39, 24.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 35.81, 42.54°)
OKLab	oklab(33.92% 0.0745 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(33.92% 0.092 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2979, 3.5681, 0.9819)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2212 #124E5E

analogous

#5E1228 #5E2212 #5E4812

triadic

#5E2212 #125E22 #22125E

tetradic

#5E2212 #285E12 #124E5E #48125E

square

#5E2212 #285E12 #124E5E #48125E

split-complementary

#5E2212 #125E48 #12285E

monochromatic

#1A0905 #2B0F08 #5E2212 #91351C #C54726

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#5E2212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5E2212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2212

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2212	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)

#332D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#68141F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.092 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916050',
    500: '#5e2212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2212;
$custom-light: #916050;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.632,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33921,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2212

secondary

#358296

accent

#C6EB3D

background

#F9F5F4

surface

#F2E9E7

border

#CCC5C3

text

#0E0502

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2212

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

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