#5E242D#5E242D

#5E242D is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.085 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E242D
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 45)
HSL	hsl(351, 45%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(351, 62%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 52.1%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 27.39, 7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 28.41, 15.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.78% 0.0828 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(34.78% 0.085 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7210, 3.8316, 2.9204)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E242D #245E55

analogous

#5E244A #5E242D #5E3824

triadic

#5E242D #2D5E24 #242D5E

tetradic

#5E242D #4A5E24 #245E55 #38245E

square

#5E242D #4A5E24 #245E55 #38245E

split-complementary

#5E242D #245E38 #244A5E

monochromatic

#16080B #321318 #5E242D #8A3542 #B74657

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#5E242D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5E242D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E242D

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E242D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E242D	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#31302D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F3C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#671C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e242d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.085 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6165',
    500: '#5e242d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e242d;
$custom-light: #8f6165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e242d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.69,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34777,
    "c": 0.085,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E242D

secondary

#4C9287

accent

#D4C053

background

#F9F5F6

surface

#F1EAEB

border

#CBC6C6

text

#0D0505

muted

#7E797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E242D

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

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