#5E231D#5E231D

#5E231D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.088 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E231D
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 69.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 26.50, 17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 31.84, 33.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.25% 0.0773 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(34.25% 0.088 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4394, 3.6712, 1.5843)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E231D #1D585E

analogous

#5E1D38 #5E231D #5E441D

triadic

#5E231D #1D5E23 #231D5E

tetradic

#5E231D #385E1D #1D585E #441D5E

square

#5E231D #385E1D #1D585E #441D5E

split-complementary

#5E231D #1D5E44 #1D385E

monochromatic

#170907 #2F120F #5E231D #8D342B #BC463A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#5E231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5E231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E231D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E231D	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.088 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906059',
    500: '#5e231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e231d;
$custom-light: #906059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.538,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34247,
    "c": 0.08781,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E231D

secondary

#448C93

accent

#CFDC4C

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E231D

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

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