#5E232E#5E232E

#5E232E is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.087 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E232E
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(349, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(349, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 51.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 28.03, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 28.81, 13.30°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0849 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.087 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7107, 3.7797, 3.0131)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E232E #235E53

analogous

#5E234B #5E232E #5E3623

triadic

#5E232E #2E5E23 #232E5E

tetradic

#5E232E #4B5E23 #235E53 #36235E

square

#5E232E #4B5E23 #235E53 #36235E

split-complementary

#5E232E #235E36 #234B5E

monochromatic

#16080B #311218 #5E232E #8B3444 #B7445A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#5E232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5E232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E232E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E232E	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.087 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6166',
    500: '#5e232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e232e;
$custom-light: #8f6166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.814,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34653,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E232E

secondary

#4B9285

accent

#D5BD52

background

#F9F5F6

surface

#F1EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0506

muted

#7E797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E232E

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

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