#5E232B#5E232B

#5E232B is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.086 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E232B
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(352, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(352, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 54.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 27.72, 8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 29.01, 17.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0836 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.086 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6536, 3.7568, 2.7124)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E232B #235E56

analogous

#5E2348 #5E232B #5E3823

triadic

#5E232B #2B5E23 #232B5E

tetradic

#5E232B #485E23 #235E56 #38235E

square

#5E232B #485E23 #235E56 #38235E

split-complementary

#5E232B #235E38 #23485E

monochromatic

#16080A #311217 #5E232B #8B343F #B74454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#5E232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5E232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E232B

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E232B	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.086 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6164',
    500: '#5e232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e232b;
$custom-light: #8f6164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.864,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34568,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E232B

secondary

#4B9288

accent

#D5C452

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F1EAEA

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7E7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E232B

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

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