#5E221B#5E221B

#5E221B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.089 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E221B
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 27)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 26.90, 18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 32.75, 34.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.06% 0.0781 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(34.06% 0.089 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3865, 3.6036, 1.4486)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E221B #1B575E

analogous

#5E1B35 #5E221B #5E431B

triadic

#5E221B #1B5E22 #221B5E

tetradic

#5E221B #355E1B #1B575E #431B5E

square

#5E221B #355E1B #1B575E #431B5E

split-complementary

#5E221B #1B5E43 #1B355E

monochromatic

#180907 #2E110D #5E221B #8E3329 #BD4436

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#5E221B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5E221B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E221B

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E221B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E221B	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681521

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e221b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.089 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916057',
    500: '#5e221b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e221b;
$custom-light: #916057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e221b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.269,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34057,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E221B

secondary

#418B94

accent

#CFDF49

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E221B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →