#5E231E#5E231E

#5E231E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.088 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E231E
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 68.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.57, 26.58, 17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.57, 31.55, 32.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.27% 0.0777 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(34.27% 0.088 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4520, 3.6762, 1.6505)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E231E #1E595E

analogous

#5E1E39 #5E231E #5E431E

triadic

#5E231E #1E5E23 #231E5E

tetradic

#5E231E #395E1E #1E595E #431E5E

square

#5E231E #395E1E #1E595E #431E5E

split-complementary

#5E231E #1E5E43 #1E395E

monochromatic

#170907 #30120F #5E231E #8C342D #BB463C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#5E231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5E231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E231E

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E231E	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413B1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671722

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.088 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906059',
    500: '#5e231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e231e;
$custom-light: #906059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.688,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34266,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E231E

secondary

#458D93

accent

#D0DB4D

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E231E

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

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