#5E221F#5E221F

#5E221F is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.089 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E221F
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 31)
HSL	hsl(3, 50%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 67%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 27.19, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 31.60, 30.64°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0799 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.089 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4360, 3.6234, 1.7092)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E221F #1F5B5E

analogous

#5E1F3C #5E221F #5E421F

triadic

#5E221F #1F5E22 #221F5E

tetradic

#5E221F #3C5E1F #1F5B5E #421F5E

square

#5E221F #3C5E1F #1F5B5E #421F5E

split-complementary

#5E221F #1F5E42 #1F3C5E

monochromatic

#170808 #301110 #5E221F #8C332E #BA433D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#5E221F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5E221F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E221F

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E221F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E221F	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#312D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671622

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e221f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.089 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90605a',
    500: '#5e221f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e221f;
$custom-light: #90605a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e221f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34132,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E221F

secondary

#468F93

accent

#D3DA4E

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2E9E9

border

#CCC5C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E221F

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

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