#5E221E#5E221E

#5E221E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.089 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E221E
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 27.11, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 31.87, 31.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0794 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.089 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4230, 3.6182, 1.6409)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E221E #1E5A5E

analogous

#5E1E3A #5E221E #5E421E

triadic

#5E221E #1E5E22 #221E5E

tetradic

#5E221E #3A5E1E #1E5A5E #421E5E

square

#5E221E #3A5E1E #1E5A5E #421E5E

split-complementary

#5E221E #1E5E42 #1E3A5E

monochromatic

#170807 #30110F #5E221E #8C332D #BB443C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#5E221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5E221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E221E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E221E	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)

#312D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671621

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.089 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906059',
    500: '#5e221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e221e;
$custom-light: #906059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34112,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E221E

secondary

#458E93

accent

#D2DB4D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E221E

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

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