#5E231B#5E231B

#5E231B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.088 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E231B
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 55%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 71.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 26.37, 18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 32.45, 35.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.0764 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.088 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4155, 3.6616, 1.4583)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E231B #1B565E

analogous

#5E1B34 #5E231B #5E441B

triadic

#5E231B #1B5E23 #231B5E

tetradic

#5E231B #345E1B #1B565E #441B5E

square

#5E231B #345E1B #1B565E #441B5E

split-complementary

#5E231B #1B5E44 #1B345E

monochromatic

#180907 #2E110D #5E231B #8E3529 #BD4636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#5E231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5E231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E231B

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E231B	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681721

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.088 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916057',
    500: '#5e231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e231b;
$custom-light: #916057;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.164,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34211,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E231B

secondary

#418A94

accent

#CDDF49

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E231B

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

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