#5E241A#5E241A

#5E241A is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.087 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E241A
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 72.3%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.71, 25.76, 19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.71, 32.49, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(34.35% 0.0743 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(34.35% 0.087 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4339, 3.7167, 1.4083)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E241A #1A545E

analogous

#5E1A32 #5E241A #5E461A

triadic

#5E241A #1A5E24 #241A5E

tetradic

#5E241A #325E1A #1A545E #461A5E

square

#5E241A #325E1A #1A545E #461A5E

split-complementary

#5E241A #1A5E46 #1A325E

monochromatic

#180907 #2E120D #5E241A #8E3627 #BE4935

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#5E241A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5E241A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E241A

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E241A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E241A	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#681822

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e241a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.087 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916156',
    500: '#5e241a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e241a;
$custom-light: #916156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e241a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.824,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34351,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E241A

secondary

#408894

accent

#CAE048

background

#F9F5F5

surface

#F2EAE9

border

#CCC6C5

text

#0D0503

muted

#7E7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E241A

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

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