#5E232C#5E232C

#5E232C is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.086 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E232C
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(351, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(351, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 53.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 27.82, 7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 28.93, 15.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.084 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.086 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6722, 3.7643, 2.8103)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E232C #235E55

analogous

#5E234A #5E232C #5E3723

triadic

#5E232C #2C5E23 #232C5E

tetradic

#5E232C #4A5E23 #235E55 #37235E

square

#5E232C #4A5E23 #235E55 #37235E

split-complementary

#5E232C #235E37 #234A5E

monochromatic

#16080A #311217 #5E232C #8B3441 #B74456

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#5E232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5E232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E232C

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E232C	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671A26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.086 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6164',
    500: '#5e232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e232c;
$custom-light: #8f6164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.847,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34596,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E232C

secondary

#4B9287

accent

#D5C152

background

#F9F5F6

surface

#F1EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7E797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E232C

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

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