#5E221D#5E221D

#5E221D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.089 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E221D
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 69.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 27.04, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 32.15, 32.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.079 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.089 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4104, 3.6132, 1.5747)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E221D #1D595E

analogous

#5E1D39 #5E221D #5E431D

triadic

#5E221D #1D5E22 #221D5E

tetradic

#5E221D #395E1D #1D595E #431D5E

square

#5E221D #395E1D #1D595E #431D5E

split-complementary

#5E221D #1D5E43 #1D395E

monochromatic

#170807 #2F110F #5E221D #8D332B #BC443A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#5E221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5E221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E221D

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E221D	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681621

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.089 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906059',
    500: '#5e221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e221d;
$custom-light: #906059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34093,
    "c": 0.08903,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E221D

secondary

#448D93

accent

#D1DC4C

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E221D

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

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