#5E232A#5E232A

#5E232A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.086 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E232A
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(353, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 55.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.83, 27.62, 9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.83, 29.12, 18.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0831 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.086 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6355, 3.7496, 2.6170)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E232A #235E57

analogous

#5E2347 #5E232A #5E3923

triadic

#5E232A #2A5E23 #232A5E

tetradic

#5E232A #475E23 #235E57 #39235E

square

#5E232A #475E23 #235E57 #39235E

split-complementary

#5E232A #235E39 #23475E

monochromatic

#16080A #311216 #5E232A #8B343E #B74452

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#5E232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5E232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E232A

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E232A	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.086 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6163',
    500: '#5e232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e232a;
$custom-light: #8f6163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.881,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34541,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E232A

secondary

#4B9289

accent

#D5C652

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7E7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E232A

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

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